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Hymn to Demeter

Hymn to Demeter( )
Author: Callimachus,
Editor: Hopkinson, Neil
Contribution by: Hopkinson, Neil
Diggle, James
Powell, Jonathan
Reeve, Michael
Sedley, David
Tarrant, Richard
Series title:Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-60436-9
Publication Date:May 2004
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $67.95
Book Description:

Callimachus was one of the most influential writers in the ancient world and had a profound effect on the subsequent course of Greek and Roman literature. Dr Hopkinson here thoroughly analyses Callimachus' Sixth Hymn, The Hymn to Demeter providing the first full edition and commentary on the work in English.

Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.9 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm
Book Weight:0.29 Kilograms
Author Biography
Callimachus, . . . (Author)
Callimachus was an Alexandrine grammarian and poet. He was a native of Cyrene in Africa. He lived at Alexandria where was a cataloguer of the famous library of Alexandria, from about 260 B.C. until his death about 240 B.C. Among his students were Arostophanes of Byzantium and Apollonius Rhodius

Callimachus wrote numerous works on a variety of subjects, but of these only his poems exist, which are characterized by elegance and learning. In his day he was widely admired and later served as a model for Catullus and the Roman elegiac poets, especially Ovid.

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