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Hymns and Epigrams. Lycophron: Alexandra. Aratus: Phaenomena

Hymns and Epigrams. Lycophron: Alexandra. Aratus: Phaenomena( )
Author: Callimachus,
Lycophron,
Aratus,
Translator: Mair, A. W.
Mair, G. R.
Series title:Loeb Classical Library
ISBN:978-0-674-99143-9
Publication Date:Jan 1921
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $47.95
Book Description:

Callimachus (third century BCE) authored Hymns and Epigrams. The monodrama Alexandra is attributed to his contemporary, Lycophron. Phaenomena, a poem on star constellations and weather signs by Aratus (c. 315-245 BCE), was among the most widely read in antiquity and one of the few Greek poems translated into Arabic.

Book Details
Pages:496
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / Ancient & Classical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):11 x 17.4 x 2.781 cm
Book Weight:0.364 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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