Lykophron's Alexandra, Rome, and the Hellenistic world /

• Main Author: Hornblower, Simon (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press, 2018.
• Subjects: Λυκόφρων > 4ος αι. π.Χ.; Επική ποίηση, Ελληνική > Ιστορία και κριτική; Πολιτισμός, Ελληνορωμαϊκός > Πηγές

The 'Alexandra' attributed to Lykophron is a notoriously difficult poem but one that sheds crucial light on Greek religion, foundation myths, and myths of colonial identity. This book asserts its importance as a strongly political and historical document, and argues that the probable decad...