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Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature: The Silent Stream

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

This book explores both how Plato challenged existing literary forms, principally Homeric epic, and how later literature then created ‘classics’ out of some of Plato’s richest works. It will appeal…

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Critical Moments in Classical Literature: Studies in the Ancient View of Literature and its Uses

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

Through six inter-related studies of major authors and types of criticism, this book builds up a new picture of how similar themes were constantly put to new uses in reflection…

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Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

This book focuses on the hymns, mimes and erotic poems of the Greek poet Theocritus, and examines how Theocritus uses the traditions of earlier Greek poetry to re-create past forms…

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The Shadow of Callimachus: Studies in the Reception of Hellenistic Poetry at Rome

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

Examines the Roman reaction to, and adoption of, the Greek poetry of the last three pre-Christian centuries. The critical readings offered embrace not just the central figures of Callimachus, Theocritus…

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Hesiodic Voices: Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod’s Works and Days

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

This book selects central moments in the literary reception of the Works and Days in antiquity, studies these moments in sophisticated depth, and pays particular attention to Hesiod’s importance as…

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Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

This book focuses on the hymns, mimes and erotic poems of the Greek poet Theocritus, and examines how Theocritus uses the traditions of earlier Greek poetry to recreate past forms…

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Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature: The Silent Stream

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

This book explores both how Plato challenged existing literary forms, principally Homeric epic, and how later literature then created ‘classics’ out of some of Plato’s richest works. It will appeal…

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Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature: The Silent Stream

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

This book explores both how Plato challenged existing literary forms, principally Homeric epic, and how later literature then created ‘classics’ out of some of Plato’s richest works. It will appeal…

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Hesiodic Voices: Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod’s Works and Days

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

This book selects central moments in the literary reception of the Works and Days in antiquity, studies these moments in sophisticated depth, and pays particular attention to Hesiod’s importance as…

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The Measure of Homer: The Ancient Reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

Homer was the greatest and most influential Greek poet. This book explores central themes in the reception of the Homeric poems in antiquity, and pays particular attention to Homer’s importance…

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Critical Moments in Classical Literature: Studies in the Ancient View of Literature and its Uses

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

Through six inter-related studies of major authors and types of criticism, this book builds up a new picture of how similar themes were constantly put to new uses in reflection…

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The Shadow of Callimachus: Studies in the Reception of Hellenistic Poetry at Rome

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

Examines the Roman reaction to, and adoption of, the Greek poetry of the last three pre-Christian centuries. The critical readings offered embrace not just the central figures of Callimachus, Theocritus…

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Three Hundred Years of Psychiatry, 1535-1860: A History Presented in Selected English Texts

Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge),Ida MacAlpine

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Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry

Marco Fantuzzi (Universita degli Studi di Macerata, Italy),Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

This study explores the Greek poetry of the third and second centuries BC and its reception and influence at Rome. Close readings of the most familiar poetry of the age…

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Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry

Marco Fantuzzi (Universita degli Studi di Macerata, Italy),Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

This study explores the Greek poetry of the third and second centuries BC and its reception and influence at Rome. Close readings of the most familiar poetry of the age…

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