A Companion to Hellenistic Literature

James J. Clauss is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of The Best of the Argonauts: The Redefinition of the Epic Hero in Book 1 of Apollonius' Argonautica (1993), the co-editor of Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art (1997), and the co-translator of Rome and Environs: an Archaeological Guide by Filippo Coarelli (2007). Martine Cuypers is Lecturer in Greek at Trinity College Dublin. She is the author of a forthcoming commentary on Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica and co-editor of Beginning from Apollo: Studies in Apollonius and the Argonautic Tradition (2005). She also maintains the online Hellenistic Bibliography.

List of Maps. Notes on Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction: James J. Clauss (University of Washington, Seattle) and Martine Cuypers (Trinity College, Dublin). Part I: Contexts: 2. From Alexander to Augustus: Andrew Erskine (University of Edinburgh). 3. Literature and the Kings: Rolf Strootman (Utrecht University). 4. Ptolemaic Alexandria: Susan Stephens (Stanford University, CA). 5. Education: Jessica Wissmann (University of Iowa). Part II: Poetry: 6. The Pre-Figured Muse: Rethinking a Few Assumptions on Hellenistic Poetics: Benjamin Acosta-Hughes (Ohio State University). 7. Callimachus' Aetia: Annette Harder (University of Groningen). 8. Hellenistic Elegy: Out from Under the Shadow of Callimachus: Jackie Murray (Skidmore College, NY). 9. Epigram: Jon S. Bruss (University of Kansas). 10. Apollonius' Argonautica: Adolf Kohnken (Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster). 11. Narrative Hexameter Poetry: Annemarie Ambuhl (University of Groningen). 12. Hymns and Encomia: Anthony W. Bulloch (University of California, Berkeley). 13. Sung Poetry: The Case of Inscribed Paeans: Marco Fantuzzi (Columbia University, New York). 14. Aratus: Katharina Volk (Columbia University, New York). 15. Nicander: Enrico Magnelli (University of Florence). 16. The Bucolic Fiction of Theocritus: Mark Payne (University of Chicago). 17. Idyll 6 and the Development of Bucolic after Theocritus: J. D. Reed (University of Michigan). 18. Iambos and Parody: Ruth Scodel (University of Michigan). 19. Herodas and the Mime: Elena Esposito (University of Florence). 20. Menander's Comedy: Susan Lape (University of Southern California). 21. Hellenistic Tragedy and Lycophron's Alexandra: Alexander Sens (Georgetown University, Washington DC). Part III: Prose: 22. Historiography, Rhetoric, and Science: Rethinking a Few Assumptions on Hellenistic Prose: Martine Cuypers (Trinity College, Dublin). 23. Literary Criticism: Kathryn J. Gutzwiller (University of Cincinatti). 24. Philosophy after Aristotle: Stephen A. White (University of Texas-Austin). 25. From Polybius to Dionysius: The Decline and Fall of Hellenistic Historiography: Alain M. Gowing (University of Washington, Seattle). 26. Prose Fiction: Tim Whitmarsh (University of Oxford). Part IV: Neighbors: 27. Jewish Literature: Erich S. Gruen (University of California, Berkeley). 28. Egyptian Literature: Jacco Dieleman (University of California, Los Angeles) and Ian S. Moyer (University of Michigan). 29. Literature in Western Asia: Silke Knippschild (University of Bristol). 30. From the Head of Zeus: The Beginnings of Roman Literature: James J. Clauss (University of Washington, Seattle). Bibliography. Index.