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Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus

Author: Theocritus.; R L Hunter
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Series: Hellenistic culture and society, 39.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Poetry
Named Person: Ptolemy, King of Egypt; Theocritus.
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Theocritus.; R L Hunter
ISBN: 0520235606 9780520235601
OCLC Number: 50645448
Language Note: Parallel text in Greek and English, with English introduction and commentary.
Description: xii, 226 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Preface --
Conventions and abbreviations --
Introduction --
1. Beginning from Zeus --
2. Genre --
3. Poets and patrons --
4. An Egyptian dimension? --
5. The language of the Encomium --
6. The meter of the Encomium --
7. A note on the transmission of the text --
Sigla --
Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus --
Commentary --
References --
General index --
Index of Greek words --
Index locorum.
Series Title: Hellenistic culture and society, 39.
Other Titles: Idylls.
Responsibility: Theocritus ; text and translation with introduction and commentary by Richard Hunter.
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