The New Politics of Olympos: Kingship in Kallimachos' Hymns

by Michael Brumbaugh

The New Politics of Olympos explores the dynamics of praise, power, and persuasion in Kallimachos' hymns, detailing how they simultaneously substantiate and interrogate the radically new phenomenon of Hellenistic kingship taking shape during Kallimachos' lifetime. Long before the Ptolemies invested vast treasure in establishing Alexandria as the center of Hellenic culture and learning, tyrants such as Peisistratos and Hieron recognized the value of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190059265
• ISBN13: 9780190059262
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"