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Titolo: | The new Posidippus [[electronic resource] ] : a Hellenistic poetry book / / edited by Kathryn Gutzwiller |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
Disciplina: | 881/.01 |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | Posidippus, of Pella, <b. ca. 310 B.C.> GutzwillerKathryn J |
Note generali: | "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)"--P. [17]. | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. The Poems of Posidippus; PART I: PAPYRUS ROLLS, READERS, AND EDITORS; PART II: A BOOK IN SECTIONS; PART III: POSIDIPPUS IN A PTOLEMAIC CONTEXT; PART IV: A HELLENISTIC BOOK AND ITS LITERARY CONTEXT; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 excit |
Titolo autorizzato: | The new Posidippus |
ISBN: | 1-281-34587-3 |
9786611345877 | |
0-19-151490-X | |
1-4294-2185-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910450932603321 |
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