Theocritus's urban mimes
Subtitle: mobility, gender, and patronage
By: Joan B. Burton.
Series: Hellenistic culture and society ;; 19
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Theocritus -- Political and social views.; Greek poetry, Hellenistic -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History and criticism.; Literature and society -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History.; Women and literature -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History.; Authors and patrons -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History.; Art and state -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History.; Mimes -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History.; Social mobility in literature.; Literary patrons -- Egypt.; Sex role in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-264) and index.