| Labored in Papyrus Leaves: Perspectives on an Epigram Collection Attributed to Posidippus (P. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309) Contributor(s): Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin (Editor), Kosmetatou, Elizabeth (Editor), Baumbach, Manuel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674011058 ISBN-13: 9780674011052 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2004 Annotation: This colloquium volume celebrates a new Hellenistic epigram collection attributed to the third-century B.C.E. poet Posidippus, one of the most significant literary finds in recent memory. Included in this collection are an unusual variety of voices and perspectives: papyrological, art historical, archaeological, historical, literary, and aesthetic. These texts are considered as individual poems and as collective artifact, an early poetry book. The volume will be of interest to readers of Greek and Latin epigram, students of the Hellenistic period, and all readers interested in the aesthetics of poetry collection and the evolution of the poetry book in antiquity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Poetry | European - General - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 888.010 |
| LCCN: 2003018580 |
| Series: Hellenic Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.54" W x 8.92" (1.07 lbs) 377 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
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Contributor Bio(s): Kosmetatou, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Kosmetatou is Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Springfield.Baumbach, Manuel: - Manuel Baumbach is Wissenschaftlicher Assistant of Professor Dr. G. W. Most of the Classics Department at the University of Heidelberg.Dignas, Beate: - Beate Dignas is Tutor in Ancient History, Somerville College, Oxford.Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin: - Benjamin Acosta-Hughes is Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin at the Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan.Obbink, Dirk: - Dirk Obbink is University Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature, Christ Church, Oxford.Schur, David: - David Schur is Assistant Professor of Classics at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.Thomas, Richard F.: - Richard F. Thomas is George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics at Harvard University.Trampedach, Kai: - Kai Trampedach is Professor of Ancient History at Heidelberg University. |