Ancient Greek Literature

Section one: concepts.

1) ‘Greek literature’ and cultural history.

2) The problem of tradition.

Section two: contexts.

3) Festival.

4) Symposium.

5) Theatre.

6) The power of speech.

7) Inventing the archive: Athens.

8) Building the archive: Alexandria.

9) Reading from the archive: Roman Greece.

Section three: conflicts.

10) Inventing the Greek.

11) A woman’s place.

12) Sexing the text.

13) Status and slavery.

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Notes.

Chronology of Greek Literature.

References.

Index of Greek Authors.

General Index