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Early Greek Poets' Lives

Early Greek Poets' Lives

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This book examines the formation and development of the biographical traditions about early Greek poets, focusing on the traditions of Hesiod, Stesichorus, Archilochus, Hipponax, Terpander and Sappho. The study provides a detailed overview of the traditions and chronographical material about these poets and seeks to clarify who were the creators of the particular traditions; what were the sources; when the traditions were formed; and to what extent they are shaped by formulaic themes and story-patterns. It challenges several mainstream assumptions on the subject, for example, that the traditions were formed mainly in the Post-Classical period; that the only significant source for the legends is the works of the particular poet; and that the poets were perceived as “new heroes.”

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Keywords

  • Ancient (Classical) Greek
  • Archilochus
  • Biography
  • Classical biography
  • Classics
  • Greek
  • Greek Poets
  • Greek prose literature
  • Hellenic languages
  • Hesiod
  • History
  • History and criticism
  • Homer
  • Indo-European languages
  • KUnlatched
  • Language qualifiers
  • Poetry
  • Sappho
  • Stesichorus
  • Suda
  • Terpander

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DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004186156.i-272

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