{"product_id":"9781802078619-callimachus-select-longer-fragments-ep","title":"Callimachus: Select Longer Fragments","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of Callimachus’ select larger fragments offers an indispensable guide for properly appreciating his poetic art. By also discussing important but lesser-known pieces, it sheds light on Callimachus’ varied activity. Finally, it offers an up-to-date introduction to his life, career, and aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew among the surviving Hellenistic poets can rival the fame of Callimachus of Cyrene (approximately 320–240 BCE). Active as a poet and scholar in Ptolemaic Alexandria, Callimachus associated his name with a new set of aesthetic principles that proved influential for such poets as Vergil, Horace, and Ovid. Even so, except for six \u003cem\u003eHymns\u003c\/em\u003e and several epigrams, most of his work survives in fragments. Offering a selection of longer fragments, this edition provides a rounded view of Callimachus’ literary output. It also sheds light on lesser-studied aspects of Callimachus’ activity at the Ptolemaic court in Alexandria. For the first time in an English volume, a commentary explores and elucidates the occasional and lyric pieces Callimachus composed for the Ptolemies and their officials (such as the Elegy for Sosibius and the \u003cem\u003eEktheosis\u003c\/em\u003e of Arsinoe). By focusing on Callimachus’ longer fragments (e.g., \u003cem\u003eAetia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIambs\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHecale\u003c\/em\u003e), this edition offers an indispensable tool that guides the reader through the intricacies of his poetic art. It also includes an exhaustive introduction to Callimachus’ life, professional activity, and aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55642183696758,"sku":"9781802078619","price":238.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34478903_f657cef8-e517-42f6-935b-df8ba0ad3632.jpg?v=1747923638","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781802078619-callimachus-select-longer-fragments-ep","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}