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Hesiod: The Other Poet
Ancient Reception of a Cultural Icon
Series: - Mnemosyne, Supplements, Volume: 325
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Hesiod: The Other Poet is a study dealing with the role of Hesiod in the imagination and the collective memory of the ancient Greeks. Its main hypothesis is that Hesiod's image was to a large degree formed by the picture of Homer: Hesiod is decidedly different when presented as allied with, opposed to or simply without Homer. Following this approach, Hesiod is investigated as a moral and philosophical authority, a locus informed with values and qualities, a concept in literary-critical discourse, and more generally as a cultural and panhellenic icon constructed and reconstructed by later Greek authors who employed and so re-created him in their own texts.
Hugo H. Koning, Ph.D. (2010) in Greek Literature, teaches Greek and Latin at St. Stanislascollege Delft and is a part-time lecturer in Greek at Leiden University. His fields of interest include archaic epic, mythology, and ancient exegetical texts.
"[...] Koningâs book brings forth interesting arguments, offers answers to important questions, and ultimately furthers our understanding of Hesiodâs varied reception in antiquity." - Zoe Stamatopoulou, in: Religious Studies Review, Vol 38, Number 3 (September 2012)
Preface
Introduction
Part 1 Hesiod and Homer
Chapter 1 Introduction: Equating Hesiod and Homer
Chapter 2 The Boundless Authority of Hesiod and Homer
Chapter 3 Hesiod and Homer: The Storekeepers of Knowledge
Part 2 The âRealâ Hesiod
Chapter 4 Introduction: Searching for Hesiod
Chapter 5 Ethics and Politics: the Common and the Arcane
Chapter 6 Philosophy: Great and Small
Part 3 Hesiod versus Homer
Chapter 7 Introduction: the Contest of Hesiod and Homer
Chapter 8 Swords and Ploughshares
Chapter 9 The Other Poetics
Chapter 10 Conclusion
Bibliography
General Index
Index Locorum
Introduction
Part 1 Hesiod and Homer
Chapter 1 Introduction: Equating Hesiod and Homer
Chapter 2 The Boundless Authority of Hesiod and Homer
Chapter 3 Hesiod and Homer: The Storekeepers of Knowledge
Part 2 The âRealâ Hesiod
Chapter 4 Introduction: Searching for Hesiod
Chapter 5 Ethics and Politics: the Common and the Arcane
Chapter 6 Philosophy: Great and Small
Part 3 Hesiod versus Homer
Chapter 7 Introduction: the Contest of Hesiod and Homer
Chapter 8 Swords and Ploughshares
Chapter 9 The Other Poetics
Chapter 10 Conclusion
Bibliography
General Index
Index Locorum
All those interested in Hesiod and Homer, ancient epic, collective/cultural memory studies, reception studies, literary-critical discourse, early philosophy and Greeks ethics.