{"product_id":"callimachus-select-longer-fragments-9781802078619","title":"Callimachus: Select Longer Fragments","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandros Kampakoglou is Research Lecturer in Classics, Trinity College, Oxford. His previous publications include Studies in the reception of Pindar in Ptolemaic poetry (De Gruyter, 2019) and several papers and book chapters on Greek poetry.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424413614354,"sku":"9781802078619","price":214.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7c9e9a78-c1fc-4336-b820-1d9c313d2a77.jpg?v=1751375561","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/callimachus-select-longer-fragments-9781802078619","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}