Aetia. Iambi. Lyric Poems

The prolific scholar-poet Callimachus of Cyrene spent his career at the royal court and great Library at Alexandria. Creatively reworking the language and generic properties of his predecessors, Callimachus developed a distinctive style, learned and elegant, that became an important model for subsequent poets both Greek and Roman.

About the author

Dee L. Clayman is Professor of Classics at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Summary

The prolific scholar-poet Callimachus of Cyrene spent his career at the royal court and great Library at Alexandria. Creatively reworking the language and generic properties of his predecessors, Callimachus developed a distinctive style, learned and elegant, that became an important model for subsequent poets both Greek and Roman.

Product details

• Authors: Callimachus
• Assisted by: Clayman Dee L. (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.01.2023
• EAN: 9780674997349
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99734-9
• No. of pages: 608
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Poetry, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, POETRY / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval