This book offers a detailed discussion of Callimachus' collection of Iambi. The chapters on individual poems set out the evidence for the text; address questions of linguistic and antiquarian detail; attempt an interpretation of each poem as a whole; consider the arrangement of the poems, and the composition of the book. The author argues that the collection consisted of thirteen pieces; that the arrangement of the collection goes back to the poet himself, and that the Iambi are one of the earliest surviving poetry books. An attempt is made to relate this new form of poetic composition to the influence of scholarly interests and techniques on Hellenistic poetry in general, and on Callimachus in particular. The study includes a list of the papyri of the Iambi, and a list of new readings, supplements, conjectures, and other differences from Pfeiffer's text.
| ISBN: | 9780199240067 |
| Publication date: | 18th November 1999 |
| Author: | Arnd Fellow and Tutor om Classics, Fellow and Tutor om Classics, Worcester College, Oxford Kerkhecker |
| Publisher: | Clarendon Press an imprint of Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 358 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Classical Monographs |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |