History of Ancient Greek Literature : Volume 1: The Archaic and Classical Ages. Volume 2: The Hellenistic Age and the Roman Imperial Period

This book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of ancient Greek literature from Homer to Late Antiquity. Its clear structure and detailed presentation of Greek authors and their works as well as literary genres and phenomena makes it an indispensable reference work for all those interested in Greek Antiquity, particularly well-suited for use in the classroom. Preface 5 Contents 7 Introduction: Ancient Greek Literature and its Transmission 23 The Archaic Age 53 I The Period 53 II Archaic Greek Epic 69 III Lyric Poetry 186 IV Philosophy 304 V Historiography 323 VI Fable 336 The Classical Age 341 I The Period 341 II From the Philosophy of Being to Pluralism 359 III Very Early Drama and Aeschylus 369 IV Philosophy in the Polis 426 V Attic Drama in the Age of Radical Democracy 452 VI Drama in the Fourth Century B.C. 538 VII Epic and Lyric Poetry between the Fifth and the Fourth Century B.C. 544 VIII Medicine and Hippocrates 558 IX Fifth-Century-B.C. Historiography 566 X Rhetoric and Oratory in the Fifth Century B.C. 613 XI Historiography after Thucydides 632 XII Fourth-Century-B.C. Oratory 666 XIII Philosophy in the Fourth Century B.C. 700 The Hellenistic Age 757 I The Period 757 II Theatre 772 III Philology, Grammar, Erudition 789 IV Poetry in the Hellenistic Age 809 V The Hellenistic Philosophies 874 VI The Sciences 890 VII Oratory and Rhetoric 903 VIII Historiography 909 IX Judaeo-Hellenistic Literature 945 The Roman Imperial Period 951 I The Period 951 II Rhetoric and Literary Criticism 965 III Historiography 976 IV Geographical and Periegetic Literature 999 V Plutarch of Chaeronea 1010 VI Jewish and Christian Literature 1023 VII Philosophical and Scientific Literature 1044 VIII The Second Sophistic and Lucian 1062 IX Narrative Literature 1078 X Grammar, Scholarship, Compilation 1103 XI Oratory and Rhetoric in Late Antiquity 1114 XII Poetry in the Imperial Period 1123 XIII Christian Literature in Greek 1136 Bibliography of Translations 1173 Index of Authors 1181 This Book Offers The Most Comprehensive And Updated History Of Ancient Greek Literature From Homer To Late Antiquity. Its Clear Structure And Detailed Presentation Of Greek Authors And Their Works As Well As Literary Phenomena And Genres Makes It An Indispensable Reference Work For All Those Interested In Greek Antiquity, Particularly Well-suited For Use In The Classroom. Spanning over 1100+ pages, this two-volume work offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of ancient Greek literature from Homer to Late Antiquity. Its clear structure and detailed presentation of Greek authors and their works as well as literary genres and phenomena makes it an indispensable reference work for all those interested in Greek Antiquity.