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18.43 ancient Greek literature. --- Sappho,

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18.43 ancient Greek literature. --- Grieks. --- Metriek.

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With more than 50,000 glosses, the dictionary of Hesychios of Alexandria (approx. 500 AD), the most comprehensive dictionary of antiquity, giving posterity access to the massive collections of Hellenistic and Imperial lexicographers, is at the same time an extraordinarily important source for modern Greek lexicography and comparative linguistics. The epoch-making edition by Kurt Latte (Vol. 1: A-D 1953, Vol. 2: E-O postum 1966) is continued by Allan Hansen with Vol. 3: P-S; work has already commenced on Vol. 4 (T-W), and a 5th volume is in the planning stage with indexes and addenda to vols. 1-4.

Greek language. --- Hesychius. --- ancient Greek literature. --- lexicography.

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Exploring the use of praise and blame in Greek tragedy in relation to heroic identity, Kate Cook demonstrates that the distribution of praise and blame, a significant social function of archaic and classical poetry, also plays a key role in Greek tragedy. Both concepts are a central part of the discourse surrounding the identity of male heroic figures in tragedy, and thus are essential for understanding a range of tragedies in their literary and social contexts. In the tragic genre, the destructive or dangerous aspects of the process of kleos (glory) are explored, and the distribution of praise and blame becomes a way of destabilising identity and conflict between individuals in democratic Athens. The first half of this book shows the kinds of conflicts generated by 'heroes' who seek after one kind of praise in tragedy, but face other characters or choruses who refuse to grant the praise discourses they desire. The second half examines what happens when female speakers engage in the production of these discourses, particularly the wives and mothers of heroic figures, who often refuse to contribute to the production of praise and positive kleos for these men. Praise and Blame in Greek Tragedy therefore demonstrates how a focus on this poetically significant topic can generate new readings of well-known tragedies, and develops a new approach to both male heroic identity and women's speech in tragedy.

Ancient Greek literature --- Greek tragedy. --- Mythology

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18.43 ancient Greek literature. --- Grieks. --- Demosthenes, --- Demosthenes,