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A Hellenistic Anthology

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Edited with Introduction and Notes by , Trinity College, Cambridge
Published 2020

Description

This book is an anthology of Greek poetry written during the third to first centuries BC, the Hellenistic period. It is intended to make available to undergraduates and graduate students a selection of texts which are for the most part not easily accessible elsewhere. The volume contains a wide and representative range of poetry including hymns, didactic verse, pastoral poetry, epigrams and epic. An introduction provides cultural and historical background, and a full commentary elucidates problems of language and reference…

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Key features

  • Helps students gain an overall picture of the range of poetry produced during this important but often unfamiliar period so that they can relate the authors and poems one with another
  • Provides full notes on matters of syntax and unfamiliar vocabulary and with allusions to Homer and other poets
  • This second edition has been thoroughly updated and includes three hundred more lines of Greek text