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This book examines the formation and development of the biographical traditions about early Greek poets, focusing on the traditions of Hesiod, Stesichorus, Archilochus, Hipponax, Terpander and Sappho. The study provides a detailed overview of the traditions and chronographical material about these poets and seeks to clarify who were the creators of the particular traditions; what were the sources; when the traditions were formed; and to what extent they are shaped by formulaic themes and story-patterns. It challenges several mainstream assumptions on the subject, for example, that the traditions were formed mainly in the Post-Classical period; that the only significant source for the legends is the works of the particular poet; and that the poets were perceived as “new heroes.”

Archilochus. --- Classical biography - History and criticism. --- Classical biography -- History and criticism. --- Greece - Biography - History and criticism. --- Greece -- Biography -- History and criticism. --- Greek prose literature - History and criticism. --- Greek prose literature -- History and criticism. --- Hesiod. --- Hipponax. --- Hipponax, fl. 540-537 B.C. --- Poets, Greek - Biography - History and criticism. --- Poets, Greek -- Biography -- History and criticism. --- Sappho. --- Stesichorus. --- Terpander. --- Poets, Greek --- Greek prose literature --- Classical biography --- Languages & Literatures --- Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- Hipponax, --- Greece --- Greek poets --- Sapfo --- Sapfo van Lesbos --- Sappho van Lesbos --- Terpandro --- Ipponatte, --- Archiloque --- Arkhilokhos --- Stesichoros --- Stesichorus van Himera --- Stesichoros van Himera --- Stesichorus --- Hesiodos --- Hesiod --- Griechenland --- Grèce --- Hellas --- Yaṿan --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Kingdom of Greece --- Hellenic Republic --- Ancient Greece --- Ελλάδα --- Ellada --- Ελλάς --- Ellas --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grecia --- Grčija --- Hellada --- Biography --- Sapho --- اليونان --- يونان --- al-Yūnān --- Yūnān --- 希腊 --- Xila --- Греция --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Gesiod --- Geziod --- Esiodo --- Hēsiodos --- Hezjod --- Hésiode --- Hesíodo --- Hesiyodos --- הסיודוס --- Ἡσίοδος --- Sappho --- Safo --- Sapʻo --- Saffo --- Sapphus --- Сафо --- سيفو --- Safona --- Σαπφῶ --- Ψάπφω --- Psappho