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Early Greek Poets’ Lives : The Shaping of the Tradition

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This book examines the formation and development of the biographical traditions about early Greek poets, focusing on the traditions of Hesiod, Stesichorus, Archilochus, Hipponax, Terpander and Sappho. The study provides a detailed overview of the traditions and chronographical material about these poets and seeks to clarify who were the creators of the particular traditions; what were the sources; when the traditions were formed; and to what extent they are shaped by formulaic themes and story-patterns. It challenges several mainstream assumptions on the subject, for example, that the traditions were formed mainly in the Post-Classical period; that the only significant source for the legends is the works of the particular poet; and that the poets were perceived as “new heroes.â€_x009d_

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Mnemosyne, Supplements, Volume: 322

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800 KIV e

Publisher

London : Brill., 2010

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English

ISBN/ISSN

9789004186156

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800

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text

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computer

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online resource

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Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical

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Maarit Kivilo

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Kholif Basri

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maya

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https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004186156.i-272

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