Callimachus: Select Longer Fragments

By: Kampakoglou, Alexandros

Few among the surviving Hellenistic poets can rival the fame of Callimachus of Cyrene (approximately 320-240 BCE). Active as a poet and scholar in Ptolemaic Alexandria, Callimachus associated his name with a new set of aesthetic principles that proved influential for such poets as Vergil, Horace, and Ovid. Even so, except for six Hymns and several epigrams, most of his work survives in fragments. Offering a selection of longer fragments, this edition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1802078614
• ISBN13: 9781802078619
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 576 Pages