This edition presents and examines in detail the Hecale of Callimachus, perhaps the most brilliant, imaginative, and enjoyable example of Greek poetry in Ptolemaic Alexandria. Set in Attica and full of local color, the poem describes how the hero Theseus was entertained by an old woman, Hecale, on the night before he captured the monstrous bull at Marathon. Drawing on important new discoveries, this edition contains the most complete and up-to-date collection of texts and testimonia on the Hecale and discusses allusions to and imitations of the poem in later Greek and Latin poetry.

Hecale

History

Callimachus

Ancient Civilizations

Oxford University Press

Works

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Works (Hymni Et Epigrammata, Vol 2)

The Poems of Callimachus

This important new verse translation of the extant works and major fragments of Callimachus includes a full Introduction, covering the poet's life and times, the range of his achievements, and the difficulties in the way of appreciation. It does not offer, as other translations do, a mere selection of fragments but presents them as integral parts of the poetry books in which they originally figured, as these can be reconstructed in the light of modern research. Each fragment is introduced in relation to what precedes and follows it, enabling students and general readers, for the first time ever, to assess what Callimachus was like in his most important productions. In addition to this introductory help, the Notes take up individual points of difficulty, all proper names and adjectives are explained in the Glossary, and comparative tables facilitate identification of the translated fragments in the standard editions.

Nisetich, Frank

Humor & Entertainment

This important new verse translation of the extant works and major fragments of Callimachus includes a full Introduction, covering the poet's life and times, the range of his achievements, and the difficulties in the way of appreciation. It does not offer, as other translations do, a mere selection of fragments but presents them as integral parts of the poetry books in which they originally figured, as these can be reconstructed in the light of modern research. Each fragment is introduced in relation to what precedes and follows it, enabling students and general readers, for the first time ever, to assess what Callimachus was like in his most important productions. In addition to this introductory help, the Notes take up individual points of difficulty, all proper names and adjectives are explained in the Glossary, and comparative tables facilitate identification of the translated fragments in the standard editions.

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The Hymns of Callimachus, Tr. Into Engl. Verse, With Notes. to Which Are Added, Select Epigrams, and the Coma Berenices of the Same Author, Six Hymns ... Encomium of Ptolemy by Theocritus, by W. Dodd

Franklin Classics

The Hymns of Callimachus@@ Tr. Into Engl. Verse@@ with Notes. to Which Are Added@@ Select Epigrams@@ and the Coma Berenices of the Same Author@@ Six Hymns ... Encomium of Ptolemy by Theocritus@@ by W.

Franklin Classics Trade Press

Callimachus was one of the most important and influential writers in the ancient world. He was the outstanding poet of the Hellenistic period and had a profound effect on the subsequent course of Greek and Roman literature. The hymns are intricate, allusive and difficult poetry, and need elucidation for the modern reader. 'The Fifth Hymn: The Bath of Pallas', is considered by many to be Callimachus' finest surviving poem. Anthony Bulloch has established a new text of the poem, which is printed here with facing English translation. The substantial introduction and full commentary aim to introduce the poem to a wide audience and to help the modern reader to reconstruct what the ancient reader may have taken for granted as part of the crucial and intellectual background and to achieve an informed and sensitive appreciation of the poem in its full perspective. This will be welcomed by Greek scholars and those interested in Greek and Roman poetry.

Callimachus: The Fifth Hymn: The Bath of Pallas (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 26)

Classics

Cambridge University Press

Callimachus: Hymn to Demeter (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 27)

Callimachus was one of the most important and influential writers in the ancient world. He was the outstanding poet of the Hellenistic period, and had a profound effect on the subsequent course of Greek and Roman literature. The hymns are intricate, allusive and difficult poetry, and need elucidation for the modern reader. Dr Hopkinson has established a new text of Callimachus' Sixth Hymn, The Hymn to Demeter, which is printed here with a facing English translation. In his thorough analysis of the poem it is the editor's aim to show how Callimachus adapts and borrows from Homer and other early poetry to form a new type of poetic diction. The introduction has full discussions of the poem's ritual setting, of its extraordinary inset narrative, and of Callimachus' treatment of dialect and metre. The extensive commentary elucidates difficulties in the text and treats critical, linguistic and stylistic points with reference to the Latin and later Greek hexameter writers. This is the first full edition of and commentary on the work in English. It will be welcomed by Greek scholars and those interested in Greek and Roman poetry.

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Hecale

Works

Works (Hymni Et Epigrammata, Vol 2)

The Poems of Callimachus

The Poems of Callimachus

The Hymns of Callimachus, Tr. Into Engl. Verse, With Notes. to Which Are Added, Select Epigrams, and the Coma Berenices of the Same Author, Six Hymns ... Encomium of Ptolemy by Theocritus, by W. Dodd

The Hymns of Callimachus@@ Tr. Into Engl. Verse@@ with Notes. to Which Are Added@@ Select Epigrams@@ and the Coma Berenices of the Same Author@@ Six Hymns ... Encomium of Ptolemy by Theocritus@@ by W.

Callimachus: The Fifth Hymn: The Bath of Pallas (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 26)

Callimachus: Hymn to Demeter (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 27)

Callimachus: Hymn to Demeter (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 27)