Guide to Hellenistic Literature

Kathryn Gutzwiller is Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati. Her recent publications include Poetic Garlands: Hellenistic Epigrams in Context (1998) and The New Posidippus: A Hellenistic Poetry Book (edited, 2005). She is the winner of the American Philological Association's Goodwin Award of Merit and has twice won the Gildersleeve Prize for the best article in the American Journal of Philology.

Preface. List of Illustrations. 1 History and Culture. 1.1 The Successors. 1.2 Macedonia and Greece. 1.3 Seleucid Asia. 1.4 Attalid Pergamum. 1.5 Ptolemaic Egypt. 2 Aesthetics and Style. 2.1 Aesthetic Principles. 2.2 Meter, Dialect, and Diction. 2.3 Literature as Artefact. 3 Authors and Genres. 3.1 Menander. 3.2 Callimachus. 3.3 Apollonius. 3.4 Theocritus and the Other Bucolic Poets. 3.5 Didactic Poetry. 3.6 Epigrams. 3.7 Dramatic Poetry. 3.8 Parodic and Philosophical Literature. 3.9 Polybius. 3.10 Technical Prose Writing. 4 Topics in Hellenistic Literature. 4.1 Learning and Innovation. 4.2 Book Culture and Performance. 4.3 Social and Political Background. 4.4 The Critical Impulse. 4.5 Reception in Rome. Suggested Reading. Bibliography. Index