Recent decades have seen a flourishing of interest in Hellenistic epigram (short poems usually in elegiac couplets), an interest fostered in part by the appearance of several ground-breaking new studies…

This critical study of two ancient Greek poets, Callimachus and Lycophron, examines their lives, works, and contributions to the literary tradition. Lively and engaging, this book brings the world of…

To Which Are Added, Select Epigrams, And The Coma Berenices Of The Same Author, Six Hymns Of Orpheus, And The Encomium Of Ptolemy.

A new, revised edition of Callimachus’ poem Hecale, including an English translation of the original Greek text. More interpretative evidence is adduced from the works of Byzantine scholars, and from…

A discussion of Callimachus’ collection of Iambi, one of the earliest Greek ‘books of poetry’. The chapters on individual poems set out the evidence for the text; address questions of…

An introduction to, text of, and commentary on Callimachus’ Aetia (‘Causes’), an important and influential poem written in Alexandria in the third century BC. Previously lost, it has now been…

To Which Are Appended The Metrical Translations Of Elton Tytler And Frere.

""Callimachus and Lycophron"" is a book written by Alexander William Mair and published in 1921. The book is a study of two ancient Greek poets, Callimachus and Lycophron. Callimachus was…