{"product_id":"arions-lyre-benjamin-acosta-hughes-9780691095257","title":"Arion's Lyre: Archaic Lyric Into Hellenistic Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArion's Lyre\u003c\/i\u003e examines how Hellenistic poetic culture adapted, reinterpreted, and transformed Archaic Greek lyric through a complex process of textual, cultural, and creative reception. Looking at the ways in which the poetry of Sappho, Alcaeus, Ibycus, Anacreon, and Simonides was preserved, edited, and read by Hellenistic scholars and poets, the book shows that Archaic poets often look very different in the new social, cultural, and political setting of Hellenistic Alexandria. For example, the Alexandrian Sappho evolves from the singer of Archaic Lesbos but has distinct associations and contexts, from Ptolemaic politics and Macedonian queens to the new phenomenon of the poetry book and an Alexandrian scholarship intent on preservation and codification. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A study of Hellenistic poetic culture and an interpretation of some of the Archaic poets it so lovingly preserved, \u003ci\u003eArion's Lyre\u003c\/i\u003e is also an examination of how one poetic culture reads another--and how modern readings of ancient poetry are filtered and shaped by earlier readings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Acosta-Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691095256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691095257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2010 pg. 17","brand":"Benjamin Acosta-Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153083248895,"sku":"9780691095257","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1da27f6a-be29-4f7d-9792-ed5b39369b38.jpg?v=1770781169","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/arions-lyre-benjamin-acosta-hughes-9780691095257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}