Hellenistic Collection: Philitas. Alexander of Aetolia. Hermesianax. Euphorion. Parthenius
A miscellany of learned literature from Alexandria and beyond.

This volume presents a selection of Hellenistic prose and poetry, ranging chronologically from Philitas of Cos through Alexander of Aetolia and Hermesianax of Colophon to Euphorion of Chalcis and Parthenius of Nicaea, whose mythography Sufferings in Love is the major work in the collection. Knowledge of many of these texts has been increased by papyrological discoveries in the last century, yet few of them have appeared in English translation before now. Taken together, these works represent the geographic and stylistic range of a rich and inventive period in Classical literature.

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Hellenistic Collection: Philitas. Alexander of Aetolia. Hermesianax. Euphorion. Parthenius
A miscellany of learned literature from Alexandria and beyond.

This volume presents a selection of Hellenistic prose and poetry, ranging chronologically from Philitas of Cos through Alexander of Aetolia and Hermesianax of Colophon to Euphorion of Chalcis and Parthenius of Nicaea, whose mythography Sufferings in Love is the major work in the collection. Knowledge of many of these texts has been increased by papyrological discoveries in the last century, yet few of them have appeared in English translation before now. Taken together, these works represent the geographic and stylistic range of a rich and inventive period in Classical literature.

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Hellenistic Collection: Philitas. Alexander of Aetolia. Hermesianax. Euphorion. Parthenius

Hellenistic Collection: Philitas. Alexander of Aetolia. Hermesianax. Euphorion. Parthenius

by Harvard University Press
Hellenistic Collection: Philitas. Alexander of Aetolia. Hermesianax. Euphorion. Parthenius

Hellenistic Collection: Philitas. Alexander of Aetolia. Hermesianax. Euphorion. Parthenius

by Harvard University Press

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A miscellany of learned literature from Alexandria and beyond.

This volume presents a selection of Hellenistic prose and poetry, ranging chronologically from Philitas of Cos through Alexander of Aetolia and Hermesianax of Colophon to Euphorion of Chalcis and Parthenius of Nicaea, whose mythography Sufferings in Love is the major work in the collection. Knowledge of many of these texts has been increased by papyrological discoveries in the last century, yet few of them have appeared in English translation before now. Taken together, these works represent the geographic and stylistic range of a rich and inventive period in Classical literature.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674996366
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 01/31/2010
Series: Loeb Classical Library , #508
Pages: 688
Product dimensions: 4.30(w) x 6.40(h) x 1.60(d)
Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

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Jane L. Lightfoot is a Fellow and Tutor in Classics at New College, University of Oxford.
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