Lykophron: Alexandra (Revised Edition)
Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23814338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lykophron Lykophron (corresponding author) |
| Editors | Simon Hornblower |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 600 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Lykophron - Alexandra (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/actrade/9780199576708.book.1 |
| OpenAlex | W4392262435 |
| Open Library | OL28543290M |
| ISBN | 9780199576708 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
The 'Alexandra' attributed to Lykophron is a minor poetic masterpiece. At 1474 lines, it is one of the most important and notoriously difficult Greek poems dating from the hellenistic period (most likely the early second century BC). 0Most of the poem purports to be a prophecy by the mythical Trojan princess, Kassandra, the most beautiful of the daughters of King Priam, and her prophecy ranges from the Trojan War to the historical Roman conquest of Greece, which took place in the poet's own time. The poem's importance arises from the light which it sheds on Greek religion (in particular the role of women), on foundation myths and myths of colonial identity, and on local - especially Italian - cults and cult places. The difficulty of the poem stems from its unusual vocabulary - many words of ancient Greek are found only in this poem - and the riddling and meandering way in which most of the many mythological characters are referenced. 0As well as providing the Greek text in full and its English translation, this volume provides the first ever full-length commentary in English on the poem.
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Music and Dance in Tragedy After the Fifth Century
The Tragedians of Heraclea and Comedians of Sinope
Hellenistic Tragedy and Satyr-Drama; Lycophron’s Alexandra
Beyond Athens
The Exagōgē of Ezekiel the Tragedian
Theatre Performance After the Fifth Century
The Rhesus
The Phanagoria Chous
Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century
Theatre and Performance in the Bosporan Kingdom
The Fifth Century and After
Scholars and Scholarship on Tragedy
Epilogue
Apollonius Rhodius, Herodotus and Historiography
Fragmentary Greek Tragedies Set in the Black Sea
Ancient Theatre in Tauric Chersonesus
Historiography and Theatre
Society and Politics in Post-Fifth-Century Tragedy
Paratheatrical Performances in the Bosporan Kingdom
Attitudes Towards Tragedy from the Second Sophistic to Late Antiquity
Greek Tragedy in the Fourth Century
The Classical Parthenon
Anatolian-Karian Versus Greek
Heroes, Politics, and the Problem of Ethnicity in Archaic and Classical Sparta
Αἰανής
Ancient Theatre and Performance Culture Around the Black Sea
Cassandra and the Poetics of Prophecy in Greek and Latin Literature
Oppian's Halieutica
Lycophron, ἄρδις, and the Death of Paris
Chthonic Disruption in Lycophron's Alexandra
Caerulean Hounds and Puppy-Like Voices
Τιθαιβωσσουσι Μελισσαι (Homer, Odyssey 13.106)
| Unique citing works | 34 |
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| Citations per year | 3,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |