Callimachus
Callimachus: Hymns, Epigrams, Select Fragments
- ISBN 13:
- 9780801832819
- author:
- Callimachus
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1987
- Pages:
- 152
- Dimensions:
- 23.47 x 15.75 x 1.17 centimetres
- Genre:
- Poetry, General, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Callimachus Hymns, Epigrams, Select Fragments is a collection of poetry by Callimachus, first translated into American poetic idiom. The translation, by Stanley Lombardo and Diane Rayor, brings to life the works of this influential poet from ancient Greece. The book includes six complete hymns, sixty-one epigrams, and a selection of surviving fragments, including the prologue and passages from Callimachus's narrative poem Aetia ("The Origins"). The translators provide annotations that elucidate the poet's rich mythological allusions, placing Callimachus within his cultural and poetic contexts. This collection offers a unique insight into the life and works of one of ancient Greece's most important poets.
Related Products
Related Products
Hecale. Hymns. Epigrams (Loeb Classical Library)
Callimachus
Martial's Epigrams: A Selection
Wills, Garry
LVOE: Poems, Epigrams & Aphorisms
Atticus
Martial: Select Epigrams (Cambridge Greek & Latin Classics) (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
Martial
Max Boyce: Hymns & Arias: The Selected Poems, Songs and Stories
Boyce, Max