The Laurel and the Olive

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This collection of studies of Archaic and Hellenistic Poetry encompasses Benjamin Acosta-Hughes' 30+ year scholarly career as reader and critic of these texts. The collection highlights artistic reflection of earlier poetic models in the creative work of the poets of 3rd cent. BCE Alexandria, an era that saw one of the first concentrated efforts to preserve, document and celebrate earlier Homeric and Classical Greece as a cultural heritage.