{"product_id":"herodas-mimiambs-9780856688737","title":"Herodas Mimiambs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore the publication of the second-century AD papyrus containing eight and a fragmentary ninth of the  Mimiambs  of Herodas in 1891, Herodas was known only through approximately twenty lines which had survived in quotations found principally in Athenaios and Stobaios.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...Zanker has done a fine job, succeeding admirably in serving both undergraduate students and those more advanced in Alexandrian poetry. Many details are explained well, and the commentary...gives a wide range of information.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION  The Mimiambs and the Question of Performance  Herodas' Metre  Herodas' Dialect     Herodas Mimiambs  Mimiambs1  Characters and characterisation  Mimiambs 1 and Theokritos' Idylls 2, 14 and 15    Mimiambs 2  The characterisation of Battaros    Mimiambs 3  Characters and interactions in Mimiambs 3    Mimiambs 4  Constructing the scene  Constructing the works of art in the scene  Mimiambs 4 and Hellenistic art criticism    Mimiambs 5  Characters and characterisation  Setting  Mimiambs 6  Characters and characterisation  The objectivity of Herodas  Mimiambs 7  Metro and kerdon  Kerdon's salesmanship  Mimiambs 8  Mimiambs 8 as a statement of Herodas' literary program  The Fragments","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49973290598743,"sku":"9780856688737","price":29.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780856688737.jpg?v=1739267903","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/herodas-mimiambs-9780856688737","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}