| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Mnemosyne supplements, 0169-8958 ; 467 |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 467.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Carvounis and Karla) -- Part 1. Myth and Literature -- Chapter 2. Ancient Cyprus: From Myth to History and Literature (Voskos) -- Part 2. Archaic Poetry: Composition and Performance -- Chapter 3. Cyprias and the Cypria (Kelly) -- Chapter 4. Reflecting upon Cyprus as a Sacred Place in Homeric Hymn 6 (Ristorto and Reyes) -- Part 3. Wandering Heroes -- Chapter 5. Stesichorus, Cyprus, and the Heroes of Athens (Finglass) |
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Chapter 6. The Theme of Teucer's Exile and its Reception in Latin Literature (Gavrielatos) -- Chapter 7. Heroic Mettle and Roman Thought: Cyprian Venus and Foundational Bronze (Spencer) -- Part 4. Divine Presence on the Island: Literature and Ritual -- Chapter 8. In the Footsteps of Cypris (Paschalis) -- Chapter 9. On the Track of Venus' Cult: The Cypriot Stories in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Savva) -- Chapter 10. Imagined Sacral Landscape? Cult Sites of Apollo Hylates in the Ancient Literary Sources (Mitthof) -- Part 5. Cyprus as a Place and topos |
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Chapter 11. "It Was Always Far Away": Othering Cyprus in Greek Comedy (Petrides) -- Chapter 12. War and Peace: Cyprus in Greek Comedy (Papachrysostomou) -- Chapter 13. Real and Imagined Geographies of Cyprus in Imperial Greek Literature (Hutton) -- Chapter 14. Cyprus in Greek Prose Fiction of the Roman Period (Fakas) -- Part 6. Exploring the Sources: fragmenta and testimonia -- Chapter 15. A Hellenistic Philosopher from Cyprus in the Greek Anthology: Epigrams on Zeno of Citium (Vertoudakis) -- Chapter 16. Xenophon the Cypriot and his Novel (Kanavou) |
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Chapter 17. Archelaus of Cyprus and Alexander of Paphos: Two Enigmatic Figures in the History of Ancient Scholarship and Rhetoric (Matthaios) -- Chapter 18. Cyprus and Cypriots in the Greek Documentary Papyri and Inscriptions (Papathomas) -- General Index |
| Summary |
"How was the unique character of the island of Cyprus perceived in antiquity? This volume aims to engage with this question by examining references to Cyprus in ancient texts and by exploring authors connected to the island. The readers can thus find literary interpretations on a wide range of Greek and Latin texts focusing on Cyprus by world-leading Classical scholars, which will cast further light on the literary and cultural tradition of the island. The book promises to motivate further exploration of these topics and of the influence of a place in ancient literature and beyond"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 03, 2023) |
| Subject |
Classical literature -- History and criticism
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Classical literature
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Literature
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| SUBJECT |
Cyprus -- In literature
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| Subject |
Cyprus
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carvounis, Katerina, editor
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Gavrielatos, Andreas, editor
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Karla, Grammatiki A., editor
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Papathomas, Amphilochios, editor
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| LC no. |
2022049596 |
| ISBN |
9789004529496 |
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9004529497 |
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