Callimachus: The Hymns
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Callimachus was arguably the most important poet of the Hellenistic age, for two reasons: his engagement with previous theorists of poetry and his wide-ranging poetic experimentation. Of his poetic oeuvre, which exceeded what we now have of Theocritus, Aratus, Posidippus, and Apollonius combined, only his six hymns and around fifty of his epigrams have survived intact. His enormously influential Aetia, the collection of Iambi, the Hecale, and all...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199783047
ISBN13:9780199783045
Release Date:April 2015
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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