Apollonius’ dependence  on  Homer?

What    differences are there   between the way in  which   writers and artists today   support themselves

financially and the way they    did so  in  ancient Greece?

What    characteristics of  Hellenistic art are displayed   in  the statuette   of  a   dancer  illustrated in  figure

71?

Recommended for Further Reading

Canfora, L. The Vanished Library, English translation (Berkeley 1989): a very readable and imaginative
(but not fanciful) account of the library in Alexandria and the fascination it has held for posterity.

Fantuzzi, M. and Hunter, R. Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry (Cambridge and New York
2004): an important and authoritative work by the scholars who are in the forefront of the study of
Hellenistic literature.

Hellenistic Poetry: An Anthology, selected and translated by B. H. Fowler (Madison 1990): a generous
selection (including the whole of Apollonius’ Argonautica) of Hellenistic poetry in translations that are
of consistently fine quality.

Irby-Massie, G. L. and Keyser, P. T. Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era: A Sourcebook (London and
New York 2002): an anthology of selections from the Golden Age of Greek science, with helpful
introductions to the various sections (mathematics, astronomy, biology, etc.) and full bibliography.

Lloyd, G. E. R. Greek Science after Aristotle (London 1973): an excellent general survey of science,
technology, and mathematics in the Hellenistic Period and the early Roman Empire, including important
observations on the place of science in ancient Greek society.

Pollitt, J. J. Art in the Hellenistic Age (Cambridge 1986): a penetrating study of Hellenistic art and what
makes it distinctive, a study that has important implications for the understanding of all aspects of
Hellenistic culture.

Rihll, T. E. Greek Science (Oxford 1999): a brief and engaging survey that starts from the encouraging
proposition that “not knowing much modern science can be an advantage” in “understanding what is going
on in most Greek science.”

Shipley, G. The Greek World after Alexander, 323–30 bc (London and New York 2000): a clear,
detailed, and up-to-date survey of the history of the Hellenistic Period, including excellent general
accounts of Hellenistic literature, science, philosophy, and religion.

Suggested Internet Resources

Attalus (attalus.org, accessed March 29, 2016) is a very full list of events and sources for the history of
the Hellenistic world, with links to on-line translations of a remarkable number of Greek and Roman
sources.

Raising Alexandria (smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/raising-alexandria, accessed March 29, 2016),
by Andrew Lawler, is a Smithsonian Magazine article from 2007 detailing recent attempts to explore
parts of the ancient city of Alexandria in Egypt, now submerged, with a photo gallery of underwater