{"product_id":"matro-of-pitane-and-the-tradition-of-epic-parody-in-the-fourth-century-bce-text-translation-and-commentary-9780788506154","title":"Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century Bce: Text, Translation, and Commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): S. Douglas Olson | Alexander Sens\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fragments of Matro of Pitane (c. 300 BC) offer insights not only into the largely forgotten and obscure late-classical genre of epic parody, but also into 4th-century Athenian history, the role of food and dining in antiquity, and the history of the text of Homer and the reception of the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e in the pre-Alexanderian period. Sens and Olson offer a new text of the 144 surviving lines of Matro's parodies based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a translation; a detailed philological, historical, and gastronomic commentary; and a lively introduction to the poet and his times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614575149207,"sku":"9780788506154","price":5627.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780788506154.webp?v=1775094704","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/matro-of-pitane-and-the-tradition-of-epic-parody-in-the-fourth-century-bce-text-translation-and-commentary-9780788506154","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}