TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kivilo,Maarit
TI  - Early Greek Poets' Lives: The Shaping of the Tradition 
SN  - 9789004186156
PB  - Brill
KW  - Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Access copy available to the general public
N2  - This book examines the formation and development of the biographical traditions about early Greek poets, focusing on the traditions of Hesiod, Stesichorus, Archilochus, Hipponax, Terpander and Sappho. The study provides a detailed overview of the traditions and chronographical material about these poets and seeks to clarify who were the creators of the particular traditions; what were the sources; when the traditions were formed; and to what extent they are shaped by formulaic themes and story-patterns. It challenges several mainstream assumptions on the subject, for example, that the traditions were formed mainly in the Post-Classical period; that the only significant source for the legends is the works of the particular poet; and that the poets were perceived as “new heroes.â€_x009d_
UR  - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/018e7a21-3345-4455-a8e5-b57decac7a97
ER  -