Bowra, Landmarks in Greek Literature (1968)
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Abbreviation
Bowra, Landmarks in Greek Literature (1968)
Form of publication
Book

Cecil Maurice Bowra, Landmarks in Greek Literature (Penguin Books Ltd, a Pelican Book, Middlesex 1968)

First edition
Publisher of first edition
Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
Place of publication of first edition
London
Date of publication of first edition
1966
Data

Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra (1898-1971), a classical scholar and academic, Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1938 to 1970, was known for his wit. His first book on ancient Greek poetry, Pindar's Pythian Odes, was published in 1928; Landmarks in Greek Literature (first published in 1966) is his fifteenth work on the same subject.

Contents. Preface. Introduction. Heroic song. The emergence of personality. Lyric song. The tragic vision. From myth to science. The antidote of comedy. The drama of philosophy. Debate and display. The shrinking horizon. Suggestins for further reading. Notes. Index. Total pages 352 + figs 16 pages.

Key words
Aeschylus.
Alexandria, Egypt.
Alkaios, poet.
Ancient Athens.
Ancient cults.
Ancient Greek art.
Ancient Greek cities.
Ancient Greek sources.
Apollonius Rhodius / Appolonios of Rhodes.
Archaic period.
Aristophanes.
Classical period.
Euripides.
Greek antiquity.
Greek mythology.
Hellenistic period.
Herodotus.
Homer, Iliad.
Homer, Odyssey.
Homeric age.
Pindar.
Poetry.
Sappho.
Stesichorus, lyric poet.
Theater, ancient.
Theocritus / Theokritos.
Thucydides.