Callimachus: Hecale
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Author Description
Adrian Hollis's second edition of Callimachus' Hecale includes an English translation of the original Greek text. Twenty years after the first edition appeared in 1990, close study of the Byzantine poets, scholars, and clerics who knew Callimachus' poem intimately has allowed significant progress in our understanding of the poem. Equally valuable are two Byzantine lexicons which clearly had access to an ancient commentary on the Hecale; an Attic vase, which provides our first artistic representation of the myth; and an inscribed Greek elegy from Kandahar, which suggests that Callimachus' `miniature epic' was known to a Greek poet working in that remote bastion of Hellenism - additional proof of the poet's importance within Hellenistic culture.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This volume investigates the textual reconstruction and cultural significance of Callimachus' Hecale through a rigorous examination of newly discovered evidence and historical scholarship. Adrian S. Hollis, a noted classicist, provides a comprehensive second edition that updates the 1990 original with two decades of subsequent research. The work integrates linguistic analysis, archaeological findings, and historical context to argue for the poem's central role in Hellenistic literature and its widespread influence across the ancient world.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- A complete English translation of the original Greek text of the Hecale.
- Analysis of Byzantine lexicons that provide insight into ancient commentaries on the poem.
- Examination of an Attic vase offering the first known artistic representation of the Hecale myth.
- Discussion of an inscribed Greek elegy from Kandahar demonstrating the poem's reach into remote Hellenistic regions.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Scholars recognize this edition as a critical resource for understanding the complexities of Hellenistic poetry and the transmission of Callimachus' work. The text is noted for its academic density and its successful synthesis of disparate archaeological and literary sources.
Page Count:
450
Publication Date:
2009-05-15
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199562466
ISBN-13:
9780199562466
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