Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Theocritus
Other Authors: Hunter, R. L. (Richard L.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.
Series:Hellenistic culture and society ; 39.
Subjects:
Ptolemy > II Philadelphus, > King of Egypt > Poetry.
Ptolemy > II Philadelphus, > King of Egypt.
FICTION > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Languages & Literatures.
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures.
Poetry.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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