Studies in the Reception of Pindar in Ptolemaic Poetry

Recent Years Have Witnessed A Revival Of Interest In The Influence Of Archaic Lyric Poetry On Hellenistic Poets. However, No Study Has Yet Examined The Reception Of Pindar, The Most Prominent Of The Lyric Poets, In The Poetry Of This Period. This Monograph Is The First Book To Offer A Systematic Examination Of The Evidence For The Reception Of Pindar In The Works Of Callimachus Of Cyrene, Theocritus Of Syracuse, Apollonius Of Rhodes And Posidippus Of Pella. Through A Series Of Case Studies, It Argues That Pindaric Poetry Exercised A Considerable Influence On A Variety Of Hellenistic Genres: Epinician Elegies And Epigrams, Hymns, Encomia, And Epic Poetry. For The Poets Active At The Courts Of The First Three Ptolemies, Pindar's Poetry Represented Praise Discourse In Its Most Successful Configuration. Imitating Aspects Of It, They Lent Their Support To The Ideological Apparatus Of Greco-egyptian Kingship, Shaped The Literary Profile Of Pindar For Future Generations Of Readers, And Defined Their Own Role And Place In Greek Literary History. The Discussion Offered In This Book Suggests New Insights Into Aspects Of Literary Tradition, Ptolemaic Patronage, And Hellenistic Poetics, Placing Pindar's Work At The Very Heart Of An Intricate Nexus Of Political And Poetic Correspondences. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Conventions And Abbreviations -- Introduction: Reception As A Cultural Phenomenon And Textual Process -- Chapter 1. Performing Praise In Ptolemaic Alexandria: Callimachus's Epinician Elegies -- Chapter 2. The Reception Of Pindar In Posidippus's Hippika (ab 71-88) -- Chapter 3. Epinician Echoes In Apollonius's Argonautica: Heroic Foils And The Poetics Of Immortality -- Chapter 4. Pindaric Eschatology And Inherent Excellence In Theocritus's Idyll 17 -- Chapter 5. The Mytho-poetics Of Praise: Prodigious Heracles In Pindar And Theocritus 24 -- Chapter 6. Pindaric Theogonies And The Poetics Of Callimachus's Hymn To Zeus -- Chapter 7. Textualizing Cyrenean Choreia In Callimachus's Hymn To Apollo -- Chapter 8. Defining The Elusive: Tradition And Innovation In Callimachus's Hymn To Delos -- Chapter 9. The Poetics Of Experimentation: Generic Hybridization And The Argonautic Myth -- Afterword -- Works Cited -- Index Of Greek Words -- Index Of Passages Discussed -- Index Of Subjects Alexandros Kampakoglou. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.