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Hesiod: The Other Poet
Ancient Reception of a Cultural Icon
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Hugo Koning
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2010
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Hesiod: The Other Poet is a study dealing with the role of Hesiod in the imagination and the collective memory of the ancient Greeks. Its main hypothesis is that Hesiod's image was to a large degree formed by the picture of Homer: Hesiod is decidedly different when presented as allied with, opposed to or simply without Homer. Following this approach, Hesiod is investigated as a moral and philosophical authority, a locus informed with values and qualities, a concept in literary-critical discourse, and more generally as a cultural and panhellenic icon constructed and reconstructed by later Greek authors who employed and so re-created him in their own texts.
Author / Editor information
Hugo H. Koning, Ph.D. (2010) in Greek Literature, teaches Greek and Latin at St. Stanislascollege Delft and is a part-time lecturer in Greek at Leiden University. His fields of interest include archaic epic, mythology, and ancient exegetical texts.
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"[...] Koning’s book brings forth interesting arguments, offers answers to important questions, and ultimately furthers
our understanding of Hesiod’s varied reception in antiquity. Zoe Stamatopoulou in Religious Studies Review, Vol 38, Number 3, September 2012
our understanding of Hesiod’s varied reception in antiquity. Zoe Stamatopoulou in Religious Studies Review, Vol 38, Number 3, September 2012
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eBook published on:
December 10, 2010
eBook ISBN:
9789004189812
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Main content:
439
eBook ISBN:
9789004189812
Keywords for this book
Homer; collectivememory; reception; philosophy; ethics; literarycriticism; Hesiod
Audience(s) for this book
All those interested in Hesiod and Homer, ancient epic, collective/cultural memory studies, reception studies, literary-critical discourse, early philosophy and Greeks ethics.
