Hellenistic poetry

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Hellenistic poetry is a body of Greek literature from the post-Classical period characterized by learned allusion, refined style, and innovative approaches to traditional myth and genre.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek poetry ⓘ
Hellenistic literature ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Museum of Alexandria ⓘ
developedIn 1st century BCE ⓘ
2nd century BCE ⓘ
3rd century BCE ⓘ
follows Classical Greek poetry ⓘ
hasCenter Alexandria ⓘ
linked to: Alexandria, Egypt

Cos ⓘ
Pergamon ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
hasCharacteristic brevity in many genres ⓘ
complex narrative techniques ⓘ
emphasis on individual emotion ⓘ
epyllion form ⓘ
erudition ⓘ
generic experimentation ⓘ
innovative use of traditional myth ⓘ
intertextuality ⓘ
learned allusion ⓘ
literary self-consciousness ⓘ
miniaturist aesthetics ⓘ
mythological innovation ⓘ
playful treatment of tradition ⓘ
refined style ⓘ
scholarly tone ⓘ
urban themes ⓘ
use of catalogues and lists ⓘ
use of rare vocabulary ⓘ
hasGenre didactic poetry ⓘ
elegy ⓘ
epigram ⓘ
epyllion ⓘ
hymn ⓘ
pastoral poetry ⓘ
hasLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Aratus of Soli ⓘ
Bion of Smyrna ⓘ
Callimachus ⓘ
Herodas ⓘ
Lycophron ⓘ
Meleager of Gadara ⓘ
Moschus ⓘ
Philitas of Cos ⓘ
Posidippus of Pella ⓘ
Theocritus ⓘ
hasNotableWork Aetia ⓘ
Argonautica ⓘ
Hellenistic epigrams ⓘ
Hymns of Callimachus ⓘ
Idylls ⓘ
linked to: Eclogues

Mimiambi ⓘ
Phaenomena ⓘ
hasReceptionIn Byzantine scholarship ⓘ
Roman literature ⓘ
modern classical philology ⓘ
influenced Augustan poetry ⓘ
Latin elegy ⓘ
Roman neoteric poetry ⓘ
later Greek epigram ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic period ⓘ
usesMythologicalSource Homeric epic ⓘ
archaic lyric ⓘ
local myths ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Works and Days → influenced → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
subject linked to: Hesiod's Works and Days
Homeric epics → influenced → Hellenistic literature ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
Ovid → influencedBy → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Works of Hesiod → influenced → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Arethusa → literaryTradition → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Mount Helicon → appearsIn → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Augustan age → influencedBy → Hellenistic literature ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
Callimachus → literarySchool → Alexandrian school of poetry ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
Love of Aphrodite and Adonis → influenced → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Theocritus → movement → Hellenistic literature ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
Apollonius of Rhodes → movement → Hellenistic literature ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
Catullus → influencedBy → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Propertius → influencedBy → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
John Tzetzes → usedSources → Hellenistic poets ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
Leonidas of Tarentum → literaryMovement → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Silenus → appearsIn → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Gallus → influencedBy → Alexandrian poets ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
Nonnus of Panopolis → influencedBy → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Meleager of Gadara → movement → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Philitas of Cos → movement → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Aetia → literaryMovement → Alexandrian poetry ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
Bion of Smyrna → literaryMovement → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Hecale → literaryInfluenceOn → Roman neoteric poets ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
Epigrams → culturalContext → Hellenistic Greek literature ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
Idyll I → literaryTradition → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Greek literature → hasPeriod → Hellenistic Greek literature ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic poetry
Galatea → appearsIn → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ