The New Politics of Olympos
Author | : Michael Everett Brumbaugh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2019 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780190059262 |
ISBN-13 | : 0190059265 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Download or read book The New Politics of Olympos written by Michael Everett Brumbaugh and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details how Kallimachos' hymns individually and collectively examine the nature of power, authority, and good governance by situating these praise poems at the intersection of a literary tradition stretching back to archaic Greek poetry and a contemporary political discourse on kingship emerging in the early Hellenistic world.