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portada Playing Hesiod: The 'Myth of the Races' in Classical Antiquity
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
360
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
22.4 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm
Weight
0.61 kg.
ISBN13
9780521760812
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Playing Hesiod: The 'Myth of the Races' in Classical Antiquity

Helen Van Noorden (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Hardcover

Playing Hesiod: The 'Myth of the Races' in Classical Antiquity - Van Noorden, Helen

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Synopsis "Playing Hesiod: The 'Myth of the Races' in Classical Antiquity"

This book offers a new description of the significance of Hesiod's 'myth of the races' for ancient Greek and Roman authors, showing how the most detailed responses to this story go far beyond nostalgia for a lost 'Golden' age or hope of its return. Through a series of close readings, it argues that key authors from Plato to Juvenal rewrite the story to reconstruct 'Hesiod' more broadly as predecessor in forming their own intellectual and rhetorical projects; disciplines such as philosophy, didactic poetry and satire all engage in implicit questions about 'Hesiodic' teaching. The first chapter introduces key issues; the second re-evaluates the account in Hesiod's Works and Days. A major chapter outlines Plato's use of Hesiod through close study of the Protagoras, Republic and Statesman. Subsequent chapters focus on Aratus' Phaenomena and Ovid's Metamorphoses; the final chapter, on the Octavia attributed to Seneca and Juvenal's sixth Satire, broadens ideas of Hesiod's reception in Rome.

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