Hellenistic poetry

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Greek poetry Hellenistic literature literary movement

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hellenistic poetry canonical	9
Hellenistic literature	4
Alexandrian school of poetry	1
Hellenistic poets	1

Statements (69)

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, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria 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 ⓘ Eclogues ⓘ surface form: Idylls 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Hesiod's Works and Days → influenced → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

subject surface form: Works and Days

Homeric epics → influenced → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic literature

Ovid → influencedBy → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

Works of Hesiod → influenced → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

Arethusa (nymph in Greek mythology) → literaryTradition → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

subject surface form: Arethusa

Mount Helicon → appearsIn → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

Augustan age → influencedBy → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic literature

Callimachus → literarySchool → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandrian school of poetry

Love of Aphrodite and Adonis → influenced → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

Theocritus → movement → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic literature

Apollonius of Rhodes → movement → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic literature

Catullus → influencedBy → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

Propertius → influencedBy → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

John Tzetzes → usedSources → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic poets

Leonidas of Tarentum → literaryMovement → Hellenistic poetry ⓘ