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How was the unique character of the island of Cyprus perceived in antiquity? This volume aims to engage with this question by examining references to Cyprus in ancient texts and by exploring authors connected to the island. The readers can thus find literary interpretations on a wide range of Greek and Latin texts focusing on Cyprus by world-leading Classical scholars, which will cast further light on the literary and cultural tradition of the island. The book promises to motivate further exploration of these topics and of the influence of a place in ancient literature and beyond.

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Author:   Katerina Carvounis ,  Andreas Gavrielatos ,  Grammatiki Karla ,  Amphilochios Papathomas
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   467
Weight:   0.834kg
ISBN:  

9789004529489

ISBN 10:   9004529489
Pages:   410
Publication Date:   16 February 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction  Katerina Carvounis and Grammatiki Karla Part 1 Myth and Literature 2 Ancient Cyprus: From Myth to History and Literature  Andreas Voskos Part 2 Archaic Poetry: Composition and Performance 3 Cyprias and the Cypria  Adrian Kelly 4 Reflecting upon Cyprus as a Sacred Place in the Homeric Hymn 6  Marcela Ristorto and Silvia Reyes Part 3 Wandering Heroes 5 Stesichorus, Cyprus, and the Heroes of Athens  Patrick J. Finglass 6 The Theme of Teucer’s Exile and its Reception in Latin Literature  Andreas Gavrielatos 7 Heroic Mettle and Roman Thought: Cyprian Venus and Foundational Bronze  Diana Spencer Part 4 Divine Presence on the Island: Literature and Ritual 8 In the Footsteps of Cypris  Michael Paschalis 9 On the Track of Venus’ Cult: The Cypriot Stories in Ovid’s Metamorphoses  Emilia Savva 10 Imagined Sacral Landscape? Cult Sites of Apollo Hylates in the Ancient Literary Sources  Fritz Mitthof Part 5 Cyprus as a Place and topos 11 “It Was Always Far Away”: Othering Cyprus in Greek Comedy  Antonis K. Petrides 12 War and Peace: Cyprus in Greek Comedy  Athina Papachrysostomou 13 Real and Imagined Geographies of Cyprus in Imperial Greek Literature  William Hutton 14 Cyprus in Greek Prose Fiction of the Roman Period  Christos Fakas Part 6 Exploring the Sources: fragmenta and testimonia 15 A Hellenistic Philosopher from Cyprus in the Greek Anthology: Epigrams on Zeno of Citium  Vassilios P. Vertoudakis 16 Xenophon the Cypriot and his Novel  Nikoletta Kanavou 17 Archelaus of Cyprus and Alexander of Paphos: Two Enigmatic Figures in the History of Ancient Scholarship and Rhetoric  Stephanos Matthaios 18 Cyprus and Cypriots in the Greek Documentary Papyri and Inscriptions  Amphilochios Papathomas Index

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Katerina Carvounis, D.Phil. (2005), University of Oxford, is Assistant Professor in Ancient Greek Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has published extensively on Greek epic, including A Commentary on Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica 14 (OUP 2019). Andreas Gavrielatos, Ph.D. (2013), University of Leeds, is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading. He has published articles and edited volumes on Latin literature and Multilculturalism in the Roman World. Grammatiki Karla, Ph.D. (2000), Freie Universität Berlin, is Associate Professor in Ancient Greek Literature at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has published books and many articles on ancient Greek popular literature and rhetorical texts of Late Antiquity. Amphilochios Papathomas, Ph.D. (1994), Heidelberg University, is Professor of Ancient Greek Literature and Papyrology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has published extensively on numerous aspects of Ancient Greek Literature and Papyrology. Contributors are: Christos Fakas, Patrick J. Finglass, William Hutton, Nikoletta Kanavou, Adrian Kelly, Stephanos Matthaios, Fritz Mitthof, Athina Papachrysostomou, Michael Paschalis, Antonis K. Petrides, Silvia Susana Reyes, Marcela Alejandra Ristorto, Emilia Savva, Diana Spencer, Vassilios P. Vertoudakis, Andreas Voskos

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