The new Posidippus : a Hellenistic poetry book / edited by Kathryn Gutzwiller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gutzwiller, Kathryn J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Posidippus, of Pella, approximately 310 B.C.-approximately 240 B.C--Criticism and interpretation--Congresses.

Posidippus.

Posidippus, of Pella, approximately 310 B.C.-approximately 240 B.C--Translations into English--Congresses.

Posidippus, of Pella, approximately 310 B.C.-approximately 240 B.C--Manuscripts--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From an Egyptian mummy has come an exciting discovery of previously unknown Greek literature. The newly-discovered papyrus containing over 100 epigrams by the Hellenistic poet Posidippus is artefactually the earliest known Greek poetry book. This volume contains a new translation of Posidippus' poetry as well as essays about the papyrus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Greek and Roman literature, Ptolemaic history, and visual culture. - ;The Milan Papyrus ( P. Mil. Volg. VIII. 309), containing a collection of epigrams apparently all by Posidippus of Pella, provides one of the most excit

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. The Poems of Posidippus; PART I: PAPYRUS ROLLS, READERS, AND EDITORS; PART II: A BOOK IN SECTIONS; PART III: POSIDIPPUS IN A PTOLEMAIC CONTEXT; PART IV: A HELLENISTIC BOOK AND ITS LITERARY CONTEXT; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index

Notes:

"This volume stems from a conference on the 'The New Posidippus: A Hellenistic Poetry Book' held at Cincinnati on 7-9 November 2002"--Acknowledgements.

Includes "... a translation of Posidippi Pellaei quae supersunt omnia, edited by C. Austin and G. Bastianini (Milan, 2002)"--P. [17].

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contains:

Posidippus, of Pella, approximately 310 B.C.-approximately 240 B.C. Epigrams. English

ISBN:

1-281-34587-3

9786611345877

0-19-151490-X

1-4294-2185-1

OCLC:

476258222