The New Posidippus: A Hellenistic Poetry Book - Gutzwiller - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780199267811 - September 22, 2005
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The New Posidippus: A Hellenistic Poetry Book


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The papyrus containing over 100 epigrams by the Hellenistic poet Posidippus is artefactually the earliest example of Greek poetry book. This volume contains a translation of Posidippus' poetry as well as essays about the papyrus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Greek and Roman literature, Ptolemaic history, and visual culture.


420 pages, 7 colour plates; 4 black and white halftones

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released September 22, 2005
ISBN13 9780199267811
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 416
Dimensions 164 × 242 × 28 mm   ·   793 g
Editor Gutzwiller, Kathryn (, Professor, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati)

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