A Commentary on Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica III, 1-471

Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-90-04-10158-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 141, 426 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 921 g

Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements

This is a commentary on the third book of Apollonius' Argonautica, one of the most influential and admired products of the Hellenistic era. The author sets out to deal comprehensively with all important aspects of the work; in particular, proper attention is paid for the first time to the poet's constant manipulation of the two Homeric epics; many thorny problems of text and interpretation are examined afresh; and a wealth of hitherto unadduced illustrative material drawn from Greek and Roman poetry of various genres and periods is used to shed light on a number of issues.
The volume closes with a series of detailed digestive indexes dealing with diction, models and imitations, language and style, metre, transmission, mythology, religion, geography, ethnography and aetiology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell, Malcolm

Über Autor(innen)

Malcolm Campbell, Ph.D. (1975), is Reader in Greek in the University of St Andrews. His numerous publications on Hellenistic and Imperial Greek poetry include commentaries on Moschus and Quintus Smyrnaeus, studies on Apollonius Rhodius, and a lexicon to Triphiodorus.