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Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag minimal besto�n, R�kckseite des Schutzumschlags leicht berieben, Vorder- und Fu�chnitt verschmutzt, sonst sehr guter Zustand / dust jacket minimally scuffed, back of dust jacket slightly rubbed, fore-edge and bottom edge soiled, otherwise very good condition. - Contents Preface List of Illustrations List of Maps Notes on Contributors Timeline of Chapters INTRODUCTION Oliver Taplin GREEK LITERATURE 1 The spring of the muses: Homer and related poetry Oliver Taplin 2 The strangeness of 'song culture': Archaic Greek poetry Leslie Kurke 3 Powers of horror and laughter: The great age of drama Peter Wilson 4 Charting the poles of history: Herodotos and Thoukydides Leslie Kurke 5 Sages, sophists, and philosophers: Greek wisdom literature Andrea Wilson Nightingale 6 Observers of speeches and hearers of action: The Athenian orators Chris Carey 7 Sophisticates and solecisms: Greek literature after the classical period Jane L. Lightfoot 8 Romanized Greeks and Hellenized Romans: Later Greek literature Jane L. Lightfoot 9 Primitivism and power: The beginnings of Latin literature Matthew Leigh 10 Forging a national identity: Prose literature down to the time of Augustus Christina S. Kraus 11 Escapes from orthodoxy: Poetry of the late Republic Llewelyn Morgan 12 Creativity out of chaos: Poetry between the death of Caesar and the death of Virgil Llewelyn Morgan 13 Coming to terms with the Empire: Poetry of the later Augustan and Tiberian period Philip Hardie 14 The path between truculence and servility: Prose literature from Augustus to Hadrian Christina S. Kraus 15 Oblique politics: Epic of the imperial period Matthew Leigh 16 Imperial space and time: The literature of leisure Catherine Connors 17 Culture wars: Latin literature from the second century to the end of the classical era Michael Dewar Further Reading Chronology Acknowledgements Index. ISBN 9780192100207