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Ancient poetry rediscovered: Learning, elegance, innovation in Alexandria blooms again.
Aetia. Iambi. Lyric Poems
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608 pages
- Release Date
28 March 2023
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Summary
Callimachus (ca. 303–ca. 235 BC), a proud and well-born native of Cyrene in Libya, came as a young man to the court of the Ptolemies at Alexandria, where he composed poetry for the royal family; helped establish the Library and Museum as a world center of literature, science, and scholarship; and wrote an estimated 800 volumes of poetry and prose on an astounding variety of subjects, including the Pinakes, a descriptive bibliography of the Library’s holdings in 120 volumes. Callimach…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674997349 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0674997344 |
| Author: | Callimachus, Dee L. Clayman |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 28 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 108mm x 162mm |
| Series: | Loeb Classical Library |
108 × 162 mm
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
Callimachus
Dee L. Clayman is Professor of Classics at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
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