Callimachus (ca. 303-ca. 235 BC), a proud and well-born native of Cyrene in Libya, came as a young man to the court of the Ptolemies at Alexandria, where he composed poetry for the royal family; helped establish the Library and Museum as a world center of literature, science, and scholarship; and wrote an estimated 800 volumes of poetry and prose on an astounding variety of subjects,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674997336
ISBN13:9780674997332
Release Date:December 2022
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:464 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 4.3" x 6.5"
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