A Heritage of Her Own?: Allusion and Tradition in Female-Authored Poetry of the Hellenistic Age

ISBN-13: 9781800799080 / Angielski

Amy Martin

Opis

This book presents a renewed consideration of women's poetry in ancient Greek literature by analysing the works attributed to female poets from the Hellenistic era. Initiated by Sappho, this tradition of female poetry is here explored, offering glimpses of women's education, literacy, motherhood, love, and loss.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction - Women, Literature, and the Development of the Hellenistic Epigram - Showalter's Gynocriticism - The Sweet Crocus of Erinna - Many Lilies for Moero - Anyte, the Female Homer - The Sweet- Scented Iris of Nossis - Concluding Remarks.

O autorze

Amy Martin completed her PhD in Ancient Cultures at the Department of Ancient Studies, University of Stellenbosch. She specializes in the translation of ancient Greek texts, with specific focus on the literary epigrams of the Hellenistic era.