03437nam 2200601 450 991079655410332120200917021826.03-11-048063-83-11-048232-010.1515/9783110482324(CKB)3850000000001159(EBL)4595531(MiAaPQ)EBC4595531(DE-B1597)466961(OCoLC)954046804(DE-B1597)9783110482324(Au-PeEL)EBL4595531(CaPaEBR)ebr11237028(PPN)202115178(EXLCZ)99385000000000115920160812h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierTragic failures Alexandrian responses to tragedy and the tragic /Evina SistakouBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, Massachusetts :De Gruyter,2016.©20161 online resource (262 p.)Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes,1868-4785 ;Volume 38Description based upon print version of record.3-11-047912-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: From Tragedy to the Tragic -- 1. Tragedy, from Athens to Alexandria -- 2. The Metaclassical Tragic -- 3. Alexandrian Tragedy -- 4. Callimachus Displaces the Tragic -- 5. Redefining the Tragic in the Idylls of Theocritus -- 6. Tragedy into Epic in Apollonius’ Argonautica -- 7. In the Metatragic Cosmos of the Alexandra -- 8. The Romantic Tragic -- Conclusion: Tragic Failures and Hellenistic Challenges -- Bibliography -- Index This is the first study considering the reception of Greek tragedy and the transformation of the tragic idea in Hellenistic poetry. The focus is on third-century Alexandria, where the Ptolemies fostered tragedy as a theatrical form for public entertainment and as an official genre cultivated by the Pleiad, whereas the scholars of the Museum were commissioned to edit and comment on the classical tragic texts. More importantly, the notion of the tragic was adapted to the literary trends of the era. Released from the strict rules established by Aristotle about what makes a good tragedy, the major poets of the Alexandrian avant-garde struggled to transform the tragic idea and integrate it into non-dramatic genres. Tragic Failures traces the incorporation of the tragic idea in the poetry of Callimachus and Theocritus, in Apollonius’ epic Argonautica, in the iambic Alexandra, in late Hellenistic poetry and in Parthenius’ Erotika Pathemata. It offers a fascinating insight into the new conception of the tragic dilemmas in the context of Alexandrian aesthetics.Trends in classics.Supplementary volumes ;Volume 37.Greek poetry, HellenisticHistory and criticismAlexandrian aesthetics.Hellenistic poetry.tragedy.tragic.Greek poetry, HellenisticHistory and criticism.881.0109FE 4451BVBrvkSistakou Evina478548MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796554103321Tragic failures2689638UNINA