Edward Benecke died in the Alps at twenty-five, leaving fragments of a study of how women appear in Greek poetry. Published as he left them, they trace a change from the older poets, for whom passion between men held the higher place, to a poetry of love for women, giving Antimachus of Colophon a pivotal role and examining New Comedy’s insistence on marriage.
A bold, unfinished piece of Victorian classical scholarship that still interests students of Greek literature and gender. Download the free EPUB.