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A Companion to Hellenistic Literature

James J. Clauss (Editor), Martine Cuypers (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3679-2
Hardcover
576 pages
May 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Contains over 30 newly commissioned essays exploring the social and intellectual contexts of literature production in the Hellenistic period
  • Examines the relationship between Hellenistic and earlier literature
  • Provides a wide ranging critical examination of Hellenistic literature, including the works of well-respected poets alongside lesser-known historical, philosophical, and scientific prose of the period
  • Explores how the indigenous literatures of Hellenized lands influenced Greek literature and how Greek literature influenced Jewish, Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Roman literary works

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