The Hellenizing Muse: A European Anthology of Poetry in Ancient Greek from the Renaissance to the Present (Trends in Classics Pathways of Reception, 6)

Traditionally, the history of Ancient Greek literature ends with Antiquity: after the fall of Rome, the literary works in ancient Greek generally belong to the domain of the Byzantine Empire. However, after the Byzantine refugees restored the knowledge of Ancient Greek in the west during the early humanistic period (15th century), Italian scholars (and later their French, German, Spanish colleagues) started to use Greek, a purely literary language that no one spoke, for their own texts and poems. This habit persisted with various ups and downs throughout the centuries, according to the development of Greek studies in each country. The aim of this anthology - the first one of this kind - is to give a selective overview of this kind of humanistic poetry in Ancient Greek, embracing all major regions of Europe and trying to concentrate on remarkable pieces of important poets. The ultimate goal of the book is to shed light on an important and so far mostly neglected aspect of the European heritage. Contents 5 List of Figures 7 General Introduction 11 Timeline 35 Greece 41 Italy 93 Germany 157 The Low Countries 227 The Bohemian Lands 291 Switzerland 317 France 369 Balkans 413 Hungary 461 Great Britain 493 Iberia 569 Poland and Lithuania 615 Russia 659 Austria 699 Nordic Countries 733 List of Contributors 813 Index Librorum Manuscriptorum 819 Index Selectivus Personarum 821 Index Selectivus Rerum Memorabilium 833 Index Graecitatis (neologismi, hapax legomena, verba rara) 839