Miscellaneous Epics and Elegies. Other Fragments. Testimonia

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.

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Callimachus
• Con la collaborazione di: Clayman Dee L. (Editore e traduzione)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2023
• EAN: 9780674997493
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99749-3
• Pagine: 448
• Serie: Loeb Classical Library
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica > Lirica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; 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