Cup of Song
Subtitle: Studies on Poetry and the Symposion
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780199687688
Subjects: Greek poetry, history and criticism; Symposium (classical literature)
Description: 'The Cup of Song' explores the symbiotic relationship of the symposion and poetry across Greek literary history. Each chapter discusses one aspect of sympotic engagement by key authors across the major genres of Greek poetry, leading to a characterization of the full spectrum of sympotic poetry from its beginnings through to the Hellenistic age.