{"product_id":"the-new-politics-of-olympos-kingship-in-kallimachos-hymns-9780190059262","title":"The New Politics of Olympos: Kingship in Kallimachos' Hymns","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe New Politics of Olympos\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003einvested vast treasure in establishing Alexandria as the center of Hellenic culture and learning, tyrants such as Peisistratos and Hieron recognized the value of poetry in advancing their political agendas. Plato, too, saw the vast power inherent in poetry, and famously advocated either censoring it\u003cbr\u003e(\u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\u003e) or harnessing it (\u003cem\u003eLaws\u003c\/em\u003e) for the good of the political community. As Xenophon notes in his Hieron and Pindar demonstrates in his politically charged epinikian hymns, wielding poetry's power entails a complex negotiation between the poet, the audience, and political leaders. Kallimachos'\u003cbr\u003epoetic medium for engaging in this dynamic, the hymn, had for centuries served as an unparalleled vehicle for negotiating with the super-powerful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Politics of Olympos\u003c\/em\u003e offers the first in-depth analysis of Kallimachos' only fully extant poetry book, the \u003cem\u003eHymns\u003c\/em\u003e, by examining its contemporary political setting, engagement with a tradition of political thought stretching back to Homer, and portrayal of the poet as an image-maker for the\u003cbr\u003eking. In addition to investigating the political dynamics in the individual hymns, this book details how the poet's six hymns, once juxtaposed within a single bookroll, constitute a macro-narrative on the prerogatives of Ptolemaic kingship. Throughout the collection Kallimachos refigures the\u003cbr\u003einfamously factious divine family as a paradigm of stability and good governance in concert with the self-fashioning of the Ptolemaic dynasty. At the same time, the poet defines the characteristics and behaviors worthy of praise, effectively shaping contemporary political ethics. Thus, for a\u003cbr\u003ePtolemaic reader, this poetry book may have served as an education in and inducement to good kingship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Brumbaugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190059262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Brumbaugh\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Tulane University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39937545568371,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":83.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c00a8278-6bad-415f-b07b-35c5cfa97144.jpg?v=1647994406","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-new-politics-of-olympos-kingship-in-kallimachos-hymns-9780190059262","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}