The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and Reconstructions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521069823)

The Catalogue of Women, ascribed to Hesiod, one of the greatest figures of early hexameter poetry, maps the Greek world, its evolution and its heroic myths through the mortal women who bore children to the gods. In this collection a team of international scholars offers an attempt to explore the poem's meaning, significance and reception. Individual chapters examine the organization and structure of the poem, its social and political context, its relation to other early epic and Hesiodic poetry, its place in the development of a pan-Hellenic consciousness, and attitudes to women. The wider influence of the Catalogue is considered in chapters on Pindar and the lyric tradition, on Hellenistic poetry, and on the poem's reception at Rome. This collection provides a significant approach to the study of the Catalogue.

Author: Richard Hunter
ISBN-10: 0521069823
ISBN-13: 9780521069823
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/31/2008
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d