The Influence of Alexandrian Elegy on the Art of Propertius
Abstract
The most summary reading of any work on later Greek literature will necessitate the reader's acquaintance with three repeatedly used terms, namely, Hellenism, Hellenistic, and Alexandrian, and it is therefore wise at the outset to distinguish between them. "Hellenism"l is the substantive used to denote the civilization of the historical period from the death of Alexander in 323 to the fall of the Ptolemies in 30 B.C.; and it is extended, besides, to the various phenomena, literary, social, economic, etc., of that era. "Hellenistic" is the adjectival form of this substantive, used to characterize persons, places, and things as of the age of Hellenism. "Alexandrian" is often used loosely as synonymous with Hellenistic, because almost all the literature of this period emanated from Alexandria; lately.
Subject Area
Classical Studies
Recommended Citation
Seyfried, Vincent F, "The Influence of Alexandrian Elegy on the Art of Propertius" (1941). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28406201.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28406201
