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Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus /

Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century B.C.E., Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus--at once a Greek king and an Egyptian pharaoh--is the only extended poetic tribute to t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Theocritus
Otros Autores: Hunter, R. L. (Richard L.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.
Colección:Hellenistic culture and society ; 39.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Conventions and Abbreviations
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Beginning from Zeus
  • 2. Genre
  • 3. Poets and Patrons
  • 4. An Egyptian Dimension?
  • 5. The Language of the Encomium
  • 6. The Meter of the Encomium
  • 7. A Note on the Transmission of the Text
  • SIGLA
  • Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus: THEOCRITUS
  • COMMENTARY
  • References
  • General Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Z
  • Index of Greek Words
  • Index Locorum.