The New Posidippus
A Hellenistic Poetry Book
ISBN13: 9780199541669ISBN10: 0199541663
Paperback,
416 pages
May 2008,
In Stock
Price:
$65.00 (06)Description
The Milan Papyrus ( P. Mil. Volg. VIII. 309), containing a collection of epigrams apparently all by Posidippus of Pella, provides one of the most exciting new additions to the corpus of Greek literature in decades. It not only contains over 100 previously unknown epigrams by one of the most prominent poets of the third century BC, but as an artefact it constitutes our earliest example of a Greek poetry book. In addition to a poetic translation of the entire corpus of Posidippus' poetry, this volume contains essays about Posidippus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Hellenistic and Augustan literature, Ptolemaic history, and Graeco-Roman visual culture.Features
- Contains a complete poetic translation of the newly discovered Greek text
- Provides a carefully considered, interdisciplinary overview of this major new literary discovery
Product Details
416 pages; 4 black & white halftones, 7 pages of color plates; ISBN13: 978-0-19-954166-9ISBN10: 0-19-954166-3About the Author(s)
Kathryn Gutzwiller is Professor in the Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati.
