Ralph Rosen explores the dynamics of comic mockery and satire in Greek and Roman poetry, encouraging a synoptic, synchronic view of such poetry, from archaic ia

Sixteen international contributors offer the first comprehensive examination of the life, works and reception of Ion of Chios, the prolific and innovative fifth

The idea of variety may seem too diffuse, obvious, or nebulous to be worth scrutinizing, but modern usage masks the rich history of the term. This book examines

The poems are especially significant as examples of cultural memory since they are composed both as an act of commemorating earlier poetry and as a manipulation

A central, much-studied feature of the poetry of 3rd cent. BCE Alexandria is the artistic treatment of the cultural past, the reception of earlier Greek poetry