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Callimachus: Hymn to Demeter (Hardcover)
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Callimachus: Hymn to Demeter (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
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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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