Taking a fresh look at the poetry and visual art of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to 20 BC, Graham Zanker makes enlightening discoveries about the assumptions and conventions of Hellenistic poets and artists and their audiences. Zanker offers exciting new interpretations by closely comparing poetry and art for the light each sheds on the other.
| ISBN: | 9780299194505 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2003 |
| Author: | G Zanker |
| Publisher: | The University of Wisconsin Press an imprint of University of Wisconsin Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 223 pages |
| Series: | Wisconsin Studies in Classics |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: poetry and poets History of art |