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Tradition and originality, the interplay of present and past, are a concern of poets in any age. Peter Bing's seminal monograph chases this idea through the thickets of Hellenistic poetry and particularly among the lines of Callimachus' Hymn to Delos.

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Table of Contents


Preface to the 2008 Edition

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter 1 - Poetic Inspiration and the Poet's Self Image in Hellenistic Greece

Chapter 2 - Rupture and Revival. The Poet's Link to the Literary Past

Chapter 3 - Callimachus' Hymn to Delos

Chapter 4 - Conclusion

Structural Diagram of the Hymn to Delos

Bibliography

Index Locorum

Subject Index


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      Publisher: Michigan Classical Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/12/2008
      ISBN13: 9780979971303, 978-0979971303
      ISBN10: 979971306

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tradition and originality, the interplay of present and past, are a concern of poets in any age. Peter Bing's seminal monograph chases this idea through the thickets of Hellenistic poetry and particularly among the lines of Callimachus' Hymn to Delos.

      Trade Review




      Table of Contents


      Preface to the 2008 Edition

      Acknowledgements

      Abbreviations

      Chapter 1 - Poetic Inspiration and the Poet's Self Image in Hellenistic Greece

      Chapter 2 - Rupture and Revival. The Poet's Link to the Literary Past

      Chapter 3 - Callimachus' Hymn to Delos

      Chapter 4 - Conclusion

      Structural Diagram of the Hymn to Delos

      Bibliography

      Index Locorum

      Subject Index


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