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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521306965

ISBN-139780521306966

eBay Product ID (ePID)2201129

Product Key Features

Book TitleHellenistic Anthology

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1988

TopicAncient / General, Ancient & Classical

IllustratorYes

GenrePoetry, History

AuthorNeil Hopkinson

Book SeriesCambridge Greek and Latin Classics Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight14.6 Oz

Item Length7.3 in

Item Width4.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN87-006359

Dewey Edition19

TitleLeadingA

Reviews"The appearance of any annotated Hellenistic text is a matter for rejoicing. Hopkinson's Anthology is especially welcome because of the excellence of its commentary and for the judiciously chosen selections: 1,738 lines of poetry, that is, a volume of reasonable length for today's undergraduate upper-level Greek students....this text will serve as an excellent introduction to the rich variety of material we so often neglect."Jerry Clack, Classical World, "The appearance of any annotated Hellenistic text is a matter for rejoicing. Hopkinson's Anthology is especially welcome because of the excellence of its commentary and for the judiciously chosen selections: 1,738 lines of poetry, that is, a volume of reasonable length for today's undergraduate upper-level Greek students....this text will serve as an excellent introduction to the rich variety of material we so often neglect." Jerry Clack, Classical World

Dewey Decimal880/.01/09

Table Of ContentPreface; Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; The apparatus criticus; A Hellenistic anthology; Commentary; Addenda; Appendix; Indexes.

SynopsisThis book is an anthology of Greek poetry written during the third to first centuries B. C. - the so-called Hellenistic period. The volume contains a wide and representative range of poetry including hymns, didactic verse, pastoral in its cultural and historical background and a full commentary elucidates problems of language and reference in the texts., This book is an anthology of Greek poetry written during the third to first centuries B. C. - the so-called Hellenistic period. It is intended to make available to undergraduates 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 in its cultural and historical background and a full commentary elucidates problems of language and reference in the texts. This edition should be welcomed by students and scholars alike.

LC Classification NumberPA3423.Z5 H45 1988