(Ebook) A Companion to Greek Literature by Hose, Martin; Schenker, David J ISBN 9781118885956, 9781118886069, 9781444339420, 1118885953, 1118886062, 1444339427

(Ebook) A Companion to Greek Literature by Hose, Martin; Schenker, David J ISBN 9781118885956, 9781118886069, 9781444339420, 1118885953, 1118886062, 1444339427

A Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language over the course of a millennium beginning from the 6th century BCE up to the early years of the Byzantine Empire. Features contributions from a wide range of established experts and emerging scholars of Greek literatureOffers comprehensive coverage of the many genres and literary forms produced by the ancient Greeks—including epic and lyric poetry, oratory, historiography, biography, philosophy, the novel, and technical literatureIncludes readings that address the production and transmission of ancient Greek texts, historic reception, individual authors, and much moreExplores the subject of ancient Greek literature in innovative ways