Hesiod and Classical Greek Poetry: Reception and Transformation in the Fifth Century BCE

Zoe Stamatopoulou

doi:10.1017/9781316678541

Hesiod was regarded by the Greeks as a foundational figure of their culture, alongside Homer. This book examines the rich and varied engagement of fifth-century lyric and drama with the poetic corpus attributed to Hesiod as well as with the poetic figure of Hesiod. The first half of the book is dedicated to Hesiodic reception in Pindaric and Bacchylidean poetry, with a particular focus on poetics, genealogies and mythological narratives, and didactic voices. The second half examines how Hesiodic narratives are approached and appropriated in tragedy and satyr drama, especially in the Prometheus plays and in Euripides' Ion. It also explores the multifaceted engagement of Old Comedy with the poetry and authority associated with Hesiod. Through close readings of numerous case studies, the book surveys the complex landscape of Hesiodic reception in the fifth century BCE, focusing primarily on lyric and dramatic responses to the Hesiodic tradition.

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Reception and Transformation in the Fifth Century BCE

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Hesiod and Classical Greek Poetry
pp i-ii

Hesiod and Classical Greek Poetry - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Acknowledgements
pp vi-vii

Abbreviations
pp viii-x

Introduction
pp 1-16

Chapter 1 - Hesiod and the Poetics of Lyric
pp 17-51

Chapter 2 - Hesiodic Narratives in Lyric
pp 52-102

Chapter 3 - Lyric Reception of Hesiod’s Didactic Poetry
pp 103-121

Chapter 4 - Hesiodic Narratives and the Tragedians
pp 122-178

Chapter 5 - Hesiod and Old Comedy
pp 179-224

Conclusion
pp 225-229

References
pp 230-263

Index Locorum
pp 264-268

Subject Index
pp 269-270

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