| Theocritus: Select Poems: Select Poems Contributor(s): Theocritus (Author), Dover, Kenneth J. |
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ISBN: 0862921473 ISBN-13: 9780862921477 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $40.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1991 Annotation: This volume offers a wide selection of Theocritus "Idylls" and a number of the "Epigrams" assisgned to him in Greek Anthology. It includes most of the poems usually considered authentically Theocritean. Basing himself firmly on the definitive and extensive commentary of A.S.F. Gow, the author seeks to assist readers in coping with the difficulties they are likely to encounter on first aquaintance with the poet -- his dialect, his large (especially botanical and zoological) vocabulary, his typically Hellenistic wealth of allusion to earlier Greek literature, and the difficulties of interpreting what Dover refders to as his 'emotional temperature'. The aim of the Introduction and Commentary is to enable readers to read Theocritus for the first time; to help them understand what the Greek means not only in terms of translation from one language into another but also in terms of literary, mythological, ethical and sensory associations. This is 'sine qua non' for reading Theocritus. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see Also Latin) - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Series: Bcp Greek Texts |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 4.92" W x 7.32" (0.86 lbs) 395 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |