The new Posidippus : a Hellenistic poetry book / edited by Kathryn Gutzwiller.
From an Egyptian mummy has come an exciting discovery of previously unknown Greek literature. The newly-discovered papyrus containing over 100 epigrams by the Hellenistic poet Posidippus is artefactually the earliest known Greek poetry book. This volume contains a new translation of Posidippus'...
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| Language: | English Greek, Ancient (to 1453) |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. The Poems of Posidippus; PART I: PAPYRUS ROLLS, READERS, AND EDITORS; PART II: A BOOK IN SECTIONS; PART III: POSIDIPPUS IN A PTOLEMAIC CONTEXT; PART IV: A HELLENISTIC BOOK AND ITS LITERARY CONTEXT; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index.