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The World of Ion of Chios
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Edited by:
Andrea Katsaros
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2007
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Sixteen international contributors investigate the life, works and reception of Ion of Chios (490/80-420s BC), the prolific Greek writer famed in antiquity for his polyeideia. His extraordinary range of writings in prose and poetry across multiple genres include tragedy, elegy, history, biography, mythography and philosophy. Ion is important to any study of Classical Greece because of the literary innovations which he pioneered. He is significant to the history of Athens and Chios as a contemporary of and commentator on Aeschylus, Cimon, Sophocles, Pericles, Themistocles and Socrates. This book is the first to examine how this fascinating but neglected man interacted with his peers and conceptualized himself and his world during one of the most exciting periods of ancient history.
Author / Editor information
Victoria Jennings, Ph.D. (2000) in Classics, University of Cambridge, is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide.
Andrea Katsaros, Ph.D. (2002) in Classics, University of Adelaide, teaches Greek and Latin and is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide.
Andrea Katsaros, Ph.D. (2002) in Classics, University of Adelaide, teaches Greek and Latin and is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide.
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eBook published on:
June 30, 2007
eBook ISBN:
9789047421184
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Main content:
450
eBook ISBN:
9789047421184
Keywords for this book
Chios; Ion; Ancient; Greece; Classical; Studies; Athens; Literature; Tragedy; History; Philosophy
Audience(s) for this book
All those interested in ancient Greek history, culture, language and literature (tragedy, poetry, history, philosophy); the ancient and modern reception of Greek literature; the history and literature of Chios.
