Richard Hunter

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This volume collects the most recent essays of Richard Hunter, one of the world's leading experts in the field of Greek and Latin literature. The essays range across all periods of ancient literature from Homer to late antiquity, with a particular focus not just on the texts in their original contexts, but also on how they were interpreted and exploited for both literary and more broadly cultural purposes later in antiquity. Taken together, the essays sketch a picture of a continuous tradition of critical and historical engagement with the literature of the past from the period of Aristophanes and then Plato and Aristotle in classical Athens to the rich prose literature of the Second Sophistic. Richard Hunter's earlier essays are collected in On Coming After (Berlin 2008).

This volume collects the most recent essays of Richard Hunter, one of the world's leading experts in the field of Greek and Latin literature. The essays range across all periods of ancient literature from Homer to late antiquity, with a particular focus not just on the texts in their original contexts, but also on how they were interpreted and exploited for both literary and more broadly cultural purposes later in antiquity. Taken together, the essays sketch a picture of a continuous tradition of critical and historical engagement with the literature of the past from the period of Aristophanes and then Plato and Aristotle in classical Athens to the rich prose literature of the Second Sophistic. Richard Hunter's earlier essays are collected in On Coming After (Berlin 2008).

Through a series of innovative critical readings Richard Hunter builds a picture of how the ancients discussed the meaning of literary works and their importance in society. He pays particular attention to the interplay of criticism and creativity by not treating criticism in isolation from the works which the critics discussed. Attention is given both to the development of a history of criticism, as far as our sources allow, and to the constant recurrence of similar themes across the centuries. At the head of the book stands the contest of Aeschylus and Euripides in Aristophanes' Frogs which foreshadows more of the subsequent critical tradition than is often realised. Other chapters are devoted to ancient reflection on Greek and Roman comedy, to the Augustan critic Dionysius of Halicarnassus, to 'Longinus', On the Sublime, and to Plutarch. All Greek and Latin is translated.

Homer was the greatest and most influential Greek poet. In this book, Richard Hunter explores central themes in the poems' reception in antiquity, paying particular attention to Homer's importance in shaping ancient culture. Subjects include the geographical and educational breadth of Homeric reception, the literary and theological influence of Homer's depiction of the gods, Homeric poetry and sympotic culture, scholarly and rhetorical approaches to Homer, Homer in the satires of Plutarch and Lucian, and how Homer shaped ideas about the power of music and song. This is a major and innovative contribution to the study of the dominant literary force in Greek culture and of the Greek literary engagement with the past. Through the study of their influence and reception, this book also sheds rich light on the Homeric poems themselves. All Greek and Latin are translated.

This book selects central texts illustrating the literary reception of Hesiod's Works and Days in antiquity and considers how these moments were crucial in fashioning the idea of 'didactic literature'. A central chapter considers the development of ancient ideas about didactic poetry, relying not so much on explicit critical theory as on how Hesiod was read and used from the earliest period of reception onwards. Other chapters consider Hesiodic reception in the archaic poetry of Alcaeus and Simonides, in the classical prose of Plato, Xenophon and Isocrates, in the Aesopic tradition, and in the imperial prose of Dio Chrysostom and Lucian; there is also a groundbreaking study of Plutarch's extensive commentary on the Works and Days and an account of ancient ideas of Hesiod's linguistic style. This is a major and innovative contribution to the study of Hesiod's remarkable poem and to the Greek literary engagement with the past.

Please see free book catalogs at www urls: tiny.cc/traditional or tiny.cc/simplified. DESCRIPTION: A picture book in English with IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) translated into Simplified Chinese with Hanyu Pinyin. Based on a Dumpy Book for Children by Richard Hunter, with illustrations by Ruth Cobb. (Greyscale B&W) OTHER PAPERBACK VERSIONS AVAILABLE: 01 Traditional Chinese (B&W ISBN:978-1505882568; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375376); 02 Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Fuhao (B&W ISBN:978-1505882575; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375383); 03 Traditional Chinese Tongyong Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505882582; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375390); 04 Traditional Chinese Hanyu Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505882599; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375406); 05 Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505882605; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375413); 06 Simplified Chinese (B&W ISBN:978-1505882612; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375420); 07 Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Fuhao with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882629; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375437); 08 Traditional Chinese Tongyong Pinyin with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882636; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375444); 09 Traditional Chinese Hanyu Pinyin with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882643; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375451); 10 Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882650; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375482). EBOOKS (COLOR) OF THESE 10 VERSIONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN GOOGLE PLAY (No ISBN; Search by Title).

Please see free book catalogs at www urls: tiny.cc/traditional or tiny.cc/simplified. DESCRIPTION: A picture book translated into Simplified Chinese. Based on a Dumpy Book for Children by Richard Hunter, with illustrations by Ruth Cobb. (Greyscale B&W) OTHER PAPERBACK VERSIONS AVAILABLE: 01 Traditional Chinese (B&W ISBN:978-1505882568; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375376); 02 Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Fuhao (B&W ISBN:978-1505882575; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375383); 03 Traditional Chinese Tongyong Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505882582; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375390); 04 Traditional Chinese Hanyu Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505882599; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375406); 05 Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505882605; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375413); 06 Simplified Chinese (B&W ISBN:978-1505882612; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375420); 07 Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Fuhao with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882629; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375437); 08 Traditional Chinese Tongyong Pinyin with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882636; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375444); 09 Traditional Chinese Hanyu Pinyin with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882643; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375451); 10 Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882650; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375482). EBOOKS (COLOR) OF THESE 10 VERSIONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN GOOGLE PLAY (No ISBN; Search by Title).

Please see free book catalogs at www urls: tiny.cc/traditional or tiny.cc/simplified. DESCRIPTION: A picture book in English with IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) translated into Traditional Chinese with Zhuyin Fuhao (Bopomofo). Based on a Dumpy Book for Children by Richard Hunter, with illustrations by Ruth Cobb. (Greyscale B&W) OTHER PAPERBACK VERSIONS AVAILABLE: 01 Traditional Chinese (B&W ISBN:978-1505882568; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375376); 02 Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Fuhao (B&W ISBN:978-1505882575; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375383); 03 Traditional Chinese Tongyong Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505882582; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375390); 04 Traditional Chinese Hanyu Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505882599; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375406); 05 Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505882605; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375413); 06 Simplified Chinese (B&W ISBN:978-1505882612; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375420); 07 Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Fuhao with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882629; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375437); 08 Traditional Chinese Tongyong Pinyin with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882636; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375444); 09 Traditional Chinese Hanyu Pinyin with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882643; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375451); 10 Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505882650; COLOR ISBN:978-1503375482). EBOOKS (COLOR) OF THESE 10 VERSIONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN GOOGLE PLAY (No ISBN; Search by Title).