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
• 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.: 9910821673703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II