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Cup of Song

by Vanessa Cazzato, Dirk Obbink, Enrico Emanuele Prodi

Greek poetry, history and criticismSymposium (classical literature)Greek poetryCongressesHistory and criticismSymposium (Classical Greek drinking party)

'The Cup of Song' explores the symbiotic relationship of the symposion and poetry across Greek literary history. Each chapter discusses one aspect of sympotic engagement by key authors across the major genres of Greek poetry, leading to a characterization of the full spectrum of sympotic poetry from its beginnings through to the Hellenistic age.

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Book data: Open Library