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- catalog abstract "A striking feature of ancient Greek literature is its preoccupation with old age. Yet scholars have been slow to explore the subject - a possible reflection of the ageism that characterizes both ancient Greece and our times. This groundbreaking study by Thomas M. Falkner remedies the oversight by providing the most extensive treatment of old age in Greek literature to date. Focusing on three major genres - epic, lyric, and tragedy - Falkner examines the representation of. Old age and the elderly in a range of texts, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Sappho's lyrics, and Sophocles' last tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus.".
- catalog contributor b8241736.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "1. On the Threshold: Homeric Heroism, Old Age, and the End of the Odyssey -- 2. Slouching Towards Boeotia: Age and Age-Grading in the Hesiodic Myth of the Five Races -- 3. Erotic Dismembering, Poetic Remembering: Sappho on Love, the Lyre, and the Life Course -- 4. Geronterotic Images: Age, Sex, and Society in Early Greek Poetry -- 5. The Politics and the Poetics of Time: Solon's "Ten Ages" -- 6. Euripides and the Tragedy of Old Age: Children of Heracles and Phoenician Women -- 7. The Unpolished Rock: Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus and the Lessons of Old Age.".
- catalog description "A striking feature of ancient Greek literature is its preoccupation with old age. Yet scholars have been slow to explore the subject - a possible reflection of the ageism that characterizes both ancient Greece and our times. This groundbreaking study by Thomas M. Falkner remedies the oversight by providing the most extensive treatment of old age in Greek literature to date. Focusing on three major genres - epic, lyric, and tragedy - Falkner examines the representation of.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-336) and index.".
- catalog description "Old age and the elderly in a range of texts, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Sappho's lyrics, and Sophocles' last tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 342 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Poetics of old age in Greek epic, lyric, and tragedy.".
- catalog identifier "0806127759 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Poetics of old age in Greek epic, lyric, and tragedy.".
- catalog isPartOf "Oklahoma series in classical culture ; [v. 19]".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng grc".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog relation "Poetics of old age in Greek epic, lyric, and tragedy.".
- catalog spatial "Greece.".
- catalog subject "880.09 20".
- catalog subject "Greek literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Old age Greece.".
- catalog subject "Old age in literature.".
- catalog subject "PA3015.O43 F35 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. On the Threshold: Homeric Heroism, Old Age, and the End of the Odyssey -- 2. Slouching Towards Boeotia: Age and Age-Grading in the Hesiodic Myth of the Five Races -- 3. Erotic Dismembering, Poetic Remembering: Sappho on Love, the Lyre, and the Life Course -- 4. Geronterotic Images: Age, Sex, and Society in Early Greek Poetry -- 5. The Politics and the Poetics of Time: Solon's "Ten Ages" -- 6. Euripides and the Tragedy of Old Age: Children of Heracles and Phoenician Women -- 7. The Unpolished Rock: Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus and the Lessons of Old Age.".
- catalog title "The poetics of old age in Greek epic, lyric, and tragedy / by Thomas M. Falkner.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".