基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2005. Contains a complete poetic traslation of the newly discovered Greek text.
Full Description
The Milan Papyrus ( P. Mil. Volg. VIII. 309), containing a collection of epigrams apparently all by Posidippus of Pella, provides one of the most exciting new additions to the corpus of Greek literature in decades. It not only contains over 100 previously unknown epigrams by one of the most prominent poets of the third century BC, but as an artefact it constitutes our earliest example of a Greek poetry book. In addition to a poetic translation of the entire corpus of Posidippus' poetry, this volume contains essays about Posidippus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Hellenistic and Augustan literature, Ptolemaic history, and Graeco-Roman visual culture.
Contents
I. PAPYRUS ROLLS, READERS, AND EDITORS; II. A BOOK IN SECTIONS; III. POSIDIPPUS IN A PTOLEMAIC CONTEXT; IV. A HELLENISTIC BOOK AND ITS LITERARY CONTEXT
