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.

A propos de l'auteur

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

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Callimachus
• Collaboration: Clayman Dee L. (Edition et traduction)
• Edition: Harvard University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 27.01.2023
• EAN: 9780674997349
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99734-9
• Pages: 608
• Thème: Loeb Classical Library
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre > Poésie; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; 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, Poetry / Poems