Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century Bce: Text, Translation, and Commentary (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780788506154)

The fragments of Matro of Pitane (c. 300 BC) offer insights not only into the largely forgotten and obscure late-classical genre of epic parody, but also into 4th-century Athenian history, the role of food and dining in antiquity, and the history of the text of Homer and the reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey in the pre-Alexanderian period. Sens and Olson offer a new text of the 144 surviving lines of Matro's parodies based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a translation; a detailed philological, historical, and gastronomic commentary; and a lively introduction to the poet and his times.

Author: S. Douglas Olson, Alexander Sens
ISBN-10: 0788506153
ISBN-13: 9780788506154
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/1999
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.14w x 0.45d