Recent years have witnessed a revival of interest in the influence of
archaic lyric poetry on Hellenistic poets. However, no study has yet
examined the reception of Pindar, the most prominent of the lyric
poets, in the poetry of this period. This monograph is the first book
to offer a systematic examination of the evidence for the reception of
Pindar in the works of Callimachus of Cyrene, Theocritus of Syracuse,
Apollonius of Rhodes and Posidippus of Pella. Through a series of case
studies, it argues that Pindaric poetry exercised a considerable
influence on a variety of Hellenistic genres: epinician elegies and
epigrams, hymns, encomia, and epic poetry. For the poets active at the
courts of the first three Ptolemies, Pindar's poetry represented
praise discourse in its most successful configuration. Imitating
aspects of it, they lent their support to the ideological apparatus of
Greco-Egyptian kingship, shaped the literary profile of Pindar for
future generations of readers, and defined their own role and place in
Greek literary history. The discussion offered in this book suggests
new insights into aspects of literary tradition, Ptolemaic patronage,
and Hellenistic poetics, placing Pindar's work at the very heart of an
intricate nexus of political and poetic correspondences.
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ISBN
9783110648744
Publisert
2019
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De Gruyter
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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