Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 404 g
The Fifth Hymn: The Bath of Pallas
Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 404 g
Reihe: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
ISBN: 978-0-521-11999-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Callimachus was one of the most important and influential writers in the ancient world. He was the outstanding poet of the Hellenistic period and had a profound effect on the subsequent course of Greek and Roman literature. The hymns are intricate, allusive and difficult poetry, and need elucidation for the modern reader. 'The Fifth Hymn: The Bath of Pallas', is considered by many to be Callimachus' finest surviving poem. Anthony Bulloch has established a new text of the poem, which is printed here with facing English translation. The substantial introduction and full commentary aim to introduce the poem to a wide audience and to help the modern reader to reconstruct what the ancient reader may have taken for granted as part of the crucial and intellectual background and to achieve an informed and sensitive appreciation of the poem in its full perspective. This will be welcomed by Greek scholars and those interested in Greek and Roman poetry.
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Preface; Previous editions and commentaries; Abbreviations and references; Select bibliography and abbreviations; Introduction; Text and translation; Commentary; Indexes.
