First published in French in two volumes (La Littérature grecque d'Homère à Aristote and La Littérature grecque d'Alexandre à Justinien) in 1990 by Presses Universitaires de France First published in English 1999 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 1990 Suzanne Saïd and Monique Trédé © Translation 1999 Routledge The right of Suzanne Saïd and Monique Trédé to be identified as the Authors of this Work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Typeset in Garamond by The Florence Group, Stoodleigh, Devon Printed and bound in Great Britain by T.J. International, Padstow, Cornwall. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Saïd Suzanne. A short history of Greek literature/Suzanne Saïd and Monique Trédé; translated by Trista Selous and others. p. cm. 'First published in French in two volumes (La littérature grecque d'Homère à Aristote and La littérature grecque d'Alexandre à Justinien) in 1990 by Presses Universitaires de France'-T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Greek literature-History and criticism. I. Trédé, Monique. II, Saïd, Suzanne, Littérature grecque d'Homère à Aristote. III Saïd Suzanne. Littérature grecque d'Alexandre à Justinien). IV. Title. PA3055.S25 1999 880.9'001-dc21 99-19803 CIP ISBN 0-415-12271-6 (hbk) ISBN 0-415-12272-4 (pbk) -iv- |