The New Posidippus: A Hellenistic Poetry Book

By Kathryn Gutzwiller, Posidippus, Kathryn J. Gutzwiller

Book Overview

The Milan Papyrus ( P. Mil. Volg. VIII. 309), containing a collection of epigrams apparently all by Posidippus of Pella, provides one of the most exciting new additions to the corpus of Greek literature in decades. It not only contains over 100 previously unknown epigrams by one of the most
prominent poets of the third century BC, but as an artefact it constitutes our earliest example of a Greek poetry book. In addition to a poetic translation of the entire corpus of Posidippus' poetry, this volume contains essays about Posidippus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Hellenistic and
Augustan literature, Ptolemaic history, and Graeco-Roman visual culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199541663
• ISBN13: 9780199541669
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"