Kallimachos : the Alexandrian Library and the origins of bibliography / / Rudolf Blum ; translated from the German by Hans H. Wellisch

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815123203321
• Autore: Blum Rudolf <1909->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c1991
• ISBN: 1-283-07752-3; 9786613077523; 0-299-13173-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 282 p
• Collana: Wisconsin studies in classics
• Disciplina: 027.032
• Soggetti: Bibliography - Egypt - Alexandria - History; Cataloging - Egypt - Alexandria - History; Greek literature - Bibliography - Methodology; Libraries - Egypt - Alexandria - History - To 400; Greece Bibliography Methodology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Translation of: Kallimachos und die Literaturverzeichnung bei den Griechen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-262) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Translator's Preface -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Forerunners: Aristotle, His Predecessors and Pupils -- 2.1 The Beginnings of Greek Philology and Literary History -- 2.2 The Works of Aristotle on Philology and Literary History -- 2.3 Aristotle's List of Performances of Plays in Athens (Didaskaliai) -- 2.4 The Doxographic Works of Aristotle and His Pupils -- 2.5 The Works of the Peripatetics on Philology, Literary History and Biography Until the Middle of the Third Century B.C -- 2.6 The Library of Aristotle -- 3. Preconditions: The Museion and Its Library -- 3.1 The Museion at Alexandria -- 3.2 The Library of the Museion According to the Ancient Authors -- 3.3 The Library According to the Report of Ioannes Tzetzes -- 4. Kallimachos and His Lists of Greek Authors and Their Works -- 4.1 The Life and Work of Kallimachos. His Work as a Librarian. His Scholarly Works (Except Lists of Authors) -- 4.2 His List of Attic Playwrights -- 4.3 His List of the Works of Demokritos -- 4.4 His Lists of Greek Authors and Their Works -- 5. Later Lists of Greek Writers and Their ; Works -- 5.1 The Pinakes of Kallimachos as Examples and Sources of Later Lists -- 5.2 The Inscription of a Library Catalog in Rhodos -- 5.3 Biographies of Authors with Lists of Their Works -- 5.4 The List of Aristotle's Writings by Andronikos of Rhodos -- 5.5 The Treatise of Dionysios of Halikarnassos on the Orator Deinarchos -- 5.6 The Work of Diogenes Laertios on the Lives and Opinions of Famous Philosophers -- 5.7 The List of Those Renowned in Branches of Learning by Hesychios of Miletos -- 6. The Development and Character of Kallimachos's Lists of Greek Authors and Their Works -- 7. The Achievements of Kallimachos in the Field of Bibliography -- Bibliography -- Name and Subject Index -- Title Index.