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The new Posidippus : a Hellenistic poetry book /
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'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Griego Antiguo |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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' poetry as well as essays about the papyrus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Greek and Roman literature, Ptolemaic history, and visual culture. The Milan Papyrus (P. Mil. Volg. VIII. 309), containing a collection of epigrams apparently all by Posidippus of Pella, provides one of the most exciting new additions to the corpus of Greek literature in decades. It not only contains over 100 previously unknown epigrams by one of the most prominent poets of the third century BC, but as an artefact it constitutes our earliest example of a Greek poetry book. In addition to a poetic translation of the entire corpus of Posidippus' poetry, this volume contains essays about Posidippus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Hellenistic and Augustan literature, Ptolemaic history, and Graeco-Roman visual culture. |
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| Notas: | "This volume stems from a conference on the 'The New Posidippus: A Hellenistic Poetry Book' held at Cincinnati on 7-9 November 2002"--Acknowledgements Includes " ... a translation of Posidippi Pellaei quae supersunt omnia, edited by C. Austin and G. Bastianini (Milan, 2002)"--Page 17 |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 394 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191514906 019151490X 9780199267811 0199267812 1429421851 9781429421850 9786611345877 6611345876 |