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Criteria of Truth
Representations of Truth and Falsehood in Hellenistic Poetry
Series: Hellenic Studies Series
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This book is ideal for readers interested in classical literature, Hellenistic poetry, and ancient philosophy. Scholars and students of arts and culture will find it particularly insightful for understanding poetic representations of truth in antiquity.
Amidst conflicting information and personal experiences, how can someone distinguish between truth and falsehood? Criteria of Truth: Representations of Truth and Falsehood in Hellenistic Poetry tackles this fundamental question through a study of five Hellenistic poems by Aratus, Nicander, Callimachus, Apollonius of Rhodes, and Lycophron.
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Amidst conflicting information and personal experiences, how can someone distinguish between truth and falsehood? Criteria of Truth: Representations of Truth and Falsehood in Hellenistic Poetry tackles this fundamental question through a study of five Hellenistic poems dated to the third and second centuries BCE: Aratus's Phaenomena, Nicander's Theriaca, Callimachus's Aetia, Apollonius of Rhodes's Argonautica, and Lycophron's Alexandra.
Situating these poetic works in their intellectual and literary milieu, Kathleen Kidder applies the philosophic concept of the criterion of truth, arguing that each poetic persona represents a different criterion for interrogating truth and falsehood. Moreover, by analysing the poems' allusions, myths, and poetic language, Kidder demonstrates how this poetry can encapsulate the tensions not only between truth and falsehood, but also between order and chaos, certainty and doubt, clarity and obscurity, seen and unseen, and being and seeming.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780674292420
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 May 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Illustration: 2 tables
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 262
About the Author
Kathleen Kidder is Professor of Practice in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston.
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