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On Poems by Philodemus of Gadara is our main source for Hellenistic literary and critical theory. This first edition of Book 2 includes a Greek text and facing English translation of the newly reconstructed treatise on poetry in ancient Greek, as well as a comprehensive introduction and incisive analytical commentary.
List of contents
- Frontmatter
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Introduction
- 1. Philodemus' De poematis 2: The History of the Text
- (a) The Reconstruction of the Papyrus-Roll
- (b) How the Papyri were Opened and Recorded
- (c) How the Papyri were Drawn and Engraved
- (d) The Contribution of the Interpreti
- 2. The Manuscripts of De poematis 2
- (a) The Papyrus: Catalogue, Condition, and Description
- (b) The Oxonian Disegni: Catalogue, Description, and Errors
- (c) The Neapolitan Disegni: Catalogue, Description, and Errors
- (d) The Format and Script of Hand A
- (e) The Orthography and Punctuation of Hand A
- (f) The Columns in Hand B
- (g) Marginalia, Mistakes, and Corrections
- 3. The Reconstruction of the Papyrus-Roll
- (a) The Relative Sequence: Joins and Parallels
- (b) The Absolute Sequence: Layers, Circumferences, and Roll-Length
- (c) Kolleseis and Kollemata
- 4. Philodemus' Sources and Opponents
- (a) Heracleodorus
- (b) Pausimachus
- (c) Crates of Mallos
- 5. The Work: Purpose, Form, Style, and Reception
- (a) The Purpose, Form, and Reception of De poematis 2
- (b) Style, Authorship, and Title
- (c) De poematis 2 and the Ars poetica of Horace
- 6. The Present Edition
- (a) System of Presentation
- (b) Conspectus Siglorum
- Philodemus' De poematis 2
- Appendix A. The Fragments of Heracleodorus
- Appendix B. The Fragments of Pausimachus
- Endmatter
- Addenda and Corrigenda to Volumes I/1 and I/3
- Conspectus Studiorum
- Concordances
- I. By papyrus and disegno
- II. By HV2
- III. By Gomperz
- IV. By Sbordone
- V. Heracleodorus: Fragments and Testimonia
- VI. Original and Revised Column-Numbers in Book 1
- Index Locorum
- Index Verborum
- General Index
About the author
Richard Janko is the Gerald F. Else Distinguished University Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. He has previously held teaching posts at St Andrews, Columbia, UCLA, and University College London, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006, the American Philosophical Society in 2009, and the Academy of Athens in 2017. His work focuses on Greek language, literature, and thought from the Bronze Age to Hellenistic times, and his publications include editions of Philodemus' On Poems, Book 1 and On Poems, Books 3-4, with fragments of Aristotle's dialogue On Poets (OUP, 2001 and 2011 respectively) in the Philodemus Translation Series, for which he serves as one of the series editors. He is now working on the Derveni papyrus.
Summary
The On Poems by Philodemus of Gadara is our main source for Hellenistic literary and critical theory. This first edition of Book 2 includes a Greek text and facing English translation of the newly reconstructed treatise on poetry in ancient Greek, as well as a comprehensive introduction and incisive analytical commentary.
