Cyprus in Texts from Graeco-Roman Antiquity

Katerina Carvounis, D.Phil. (2005), University of Oxford, is Assistant Professor in Ancient Greek Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has published extensively on Greek epic, including A Commentary on Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica 14 (OUP 2019).Andreas Gavrielatos, Ph.D. (2013), University of Leeds, is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading. He has published articles and edited volumes on Latin literature and Multilculturalism in the Roman World.Grammatiki Karla, Ph.D. (2000), Freie Universität Berlin, is Associate Professor in Ancient Greek Literature at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has published books and many articles on ancient Greek popular literature and rhetorical texts of Late Antiquity.Amphilochios Papathomas, Ph.D. (1994), Heidelberg University, is Professor of Ancient Greek Literature and Papyrology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has published extensively on numerous aspects of Ancient Greek Literature and Papyrology.Contributors are: Christos Fakas, Patrick J. Finglass, William Hutton, Nikoletta Kanavou, Adrian Kelly, Stephanos Matthaios, Fritz Mitthof, Athina Papachrysostomou, Michael Paschalis, Antonis K. Petrides, Silvia Susana Reyes, Marcela Alejandra Ristorto, Emilia Savva, Diana Spencer, Vassilios P. Vertoudakis, Andreas Voskos

• PrefaceAbbreviationsNotes on Contributors1 IntroductionKaterina Carvounis and Grammatiki KarlaPart 1 Myth and Literature2 Ancient Cyprus: From Myth to History and LiteratureAndreas VoskosPart 2 Archaic Poetry: Composition and Performance3 Cyprias and the CypriaAdrian Kelly4 Reflecting upon Cyprus as a Sacred Place in the Homeric Hymn 6Marcela Ristorto and Silvia ReyesPart 3 Wandering Heroes5 Stesichorus, Cyprus, and the Heroes of AthensPatrick J. Finglass6 The Theme of Teucer’s Exile and its Reception in Latin LiteratureAndreas Gavrielatos7 Heroic Mettle and Roman Thought: Cyprian Venus and Foundational BronzeDiana SpencerPart 4 Divine Presence on the Island: Literature and Ritual8 In the Footsteps of CyprisMichael Paschalis9 On the Track of Venus’ Cult: The Cypriot Stories in Ovid’s MetamorphosesEmilia Savva10 Imagined Sacral Landscape? Cult Sites of Apollo Hylates in the Ancient Literary SourcesFritz MitthofPart 5 Cyprus as a Place and topos11 “It Was Always Far Away”: Othering Cyprus in Greek ComedyAntonis K. Petrides12 War and Peace: Cyprus in Greek ComedyAthina Papachrysostomou13 Real and Imagined Geographies of Cyprus in Imperial Greek LiteratureWilliam Hutton14 Cyprus in Greek Prose Fiction of the Roman PeriodChristos FakasPart 6 Exploring the Sources: fragmenta and testimonia15 A Hellenistic Philosopher from Cyprus in the Greek Anthology: Epigrams on Zeno of CitiumVassilios P. Vertoudakis16 Xenophon the Cypriot and his NovelNikoletta Kanavou17 Archelaus of Cyprus and Alexander of Paphos: Two Enigmatic Figures in the History of Ancient Scholarship and RhetoricStephanos Matthaios18 Cyprus and Cypriots in the Greek Documentary Papyri and InscriptionsAmphilochios PapathomasIndex

"(...) the volume merits recognition for the groundbreaking task of assembling information on Cyprus found in Greek and Latin literature—an area often neglected—bringing to light previously overlooked aspects. (...) It effectively illustrates how the island was perceived and interpreted in classical Greek and Latin texts, as well as its literary reception over the centuries."Beatrice Pestarino in BMCR, 2024.04.28