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Callimachus: the Fifth Hymn

The Bath of Pallas

Callimachus: the Fifth Hymn( )
Author: Callimachus,
Editor: Bulloch, A. W.
Series title:Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-11999-3
Publication Date:Sep 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $50.99
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. 'The Fifth Hymn: The Bath of Pallas', is arguably his finest surviving poem; a new text for it is printed with its English translation, an introduction and commentary.

Book Details
Pages:284
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.46 x 8.424 x 0.624 Inches
Book Weight:0.792 Pounds
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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