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The Dynamic Quality of Late Greek Non-Christian Poetry
Studies in Minor Genres
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2026
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The book highlights the dynamics of changing the concept of small-scale poetic genres represented by texts in Greek from the time of the Antonines to the end of the sixth century. The introduction situates the adopted research profile against current theories and interpretative trends. Individual chapters, written by eminent specialists in the field, take the form of richly exemplified synthetic overviews or selected case studies with regard to the socio-cultural aspects of the poetry under investigation. Much attention is paid to the role of rhetorical factors, as well as to metrical and performative issues, considered from a fresh angle.
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Krystyna Bartol is Professor of Classics at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań. She has published widely on Greek lyric poetry, especially on elegy and iambus, as well as on Greek Imperial literature. She co-authored with Jerzy Danielewicz the first ever Polish translation of Athenaeus (2010).
Jerzy Danielewicz, Professor Emeritus at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, has published extensively on Greek lyric poetry of the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods. He is also the author of the book The Metres of Greek Lyric Poetry. Problems of Notation and Interpretation (1996).
Contributors are: Krystyna Bartol, Ewen Bowie, Jerzy Danielewicz, Richard Hunter, Jan Kwapisz, Laura Miguélez-Cavero, Marco Perale.
Jerzy Danielewicz, Professor Emeritus at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, has published extensively on Greek lyric poetry of the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods. He is also the author of the book The Metres of Greek Lyric Poetry. Problems of Notation and Interpretation (1996).
Contributors are: Krystyna Bartol, Ewen Bowie, Jerzy Danielewicz, Richard Hunter, Jan Kwapisz, Laura Miguélez-Cavero, Marco Perale.
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December 8, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9789004749047
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Front matter:
12
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196
eBook ISBN:
9789004749047
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The volume will be of interest to scholars of late Greek literature and cultural history, as well as to those interested in the issues of the Imperial development of classical paradigms and poetic trends. It may also be useful for graduate students exploring the fascinating world of late antiquity.
