Theocritus: A Selection: Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13

ISBN-13: 9780521574204 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 324 str.

Theocritus; R. Lanny Hunter; P. E. Easterling

Opis

This volume contains the text of eight poems by the third-century BC Greek poet Theocritus, together with an introduction and extensive commentary. This is the first full-scale commentary on the work of Theocritus since Gow's edition of 1950, and is the first to exploit the recent revolution in the study of Hellenistic and Roman poetry. It offers new readings of all the poems, which show both how Theocritus differs from subsequent pastoral poetry, and how his poems, through their influence on Virgil, established the Western pastoral tradition.

Recenzje

'… splendid volume … this is a stimulating and learned volume, which will do much to encourage all areas of Theocritean studies.' Classical Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Theocritus; 2. Bucolic poetry; 3. Loci amoeni; 4. Metre; 5. Language; 6. Transmission; Theocritus, a selection; Commentary.