Asclepiades of Samos: Epigrams and Fragments

ISBN-13: 9780199253197 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 472 str.

Alexander Sens

Opis

This is the first commentary in English devoted exclusively to the surviving epigrams and fragments of Asclepiades of Samos, a Hellenistic poet who exerted great influence on the work of his contemporaries and helped shape the genre of literary epigram for many generations. The volume contains an extensive introduction, a new critical text and translation, and a full literary and philological commentary. Alexander Sens's main focus is on the way in which Asclepiades engages with the Greek literary tradition, but attention is also paid to his influence on later writers.

Recenzje

With its insightful, learned, and sensitive literary treatment of the poems it will become an indispensable tool for those interested in epigram and Hellenistic literature in general.

O autorze

Alexander Sens is Joseph Durkin SJ Professor of Classics at Georgetown University.