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The Milan Papyrus ( P. Mil. Volg. VIII. 309), containing a collection of epigrams apparently all by Posidippus of Pella, provides one of the most exciting new additions to the corpus of Greek literature in decades. It not only contains over 100 previously unknown epigrams by one of the most prominent poets of the third century BC, but as an artefact it constitutes our earliest example of a Greek poetry book. In addition to a poetic translation of the entire corpus of Posidippus' poetry, this volume contains essays about Posidippus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Hellenistic and Augustan literature, Ptolemaic history, and Graeco-Roman visual culture.
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About the Author
Kathryn Gutzwiller is Professor in the Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati.
Review
`Review from previous edition ...a lot of subtle thought has been expended by many of the essayists.'
Alan Griffiths, Journal of Hellenic Studies
`...too large and too diverse a collection to be assessed in brief ... core reading for anyone interested in any aspect of this find.'
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0199541663
- ISBN 13 9780199541669
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages416
- EditorGutzwiller Kathryn
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ISBN 10: 0199541663
ISBN 13: 9780199541669
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Oxford University Press, 2008. XVI,394p. Paperback. Name and date on half title. âThat the publication of this particular papyrus should arouse so much interest is understandable. It represents the earliest example of a Greek poetry book surviving as such, and contains epigrams of one of the greater epigram mists of the golden age of Hellenistic poetry, Posidippus of Pella, a Macedonian who worked at the court of the Ptolemies. The papyrus, in the form in which we have it (â¦) contains a collection of about 112 epigrams, totalling 606 verses, apparently all by the same author. The central question, therefore, that this collection raises is âwhether the Milan papyrus preserves part of an authorial sanctioned epigram-book or constitutes a different type of compilation, made to suit the idiosyncratic interests of an editor, or as representative of some intermediate stage before the possibilities of aesthetic arrangement were fully understood and utilisedâ, as editor Kathryn Gutzwiller phrases it in the excellent introduction to the present volume, which recount the editing history of the papyrus and summarises the individual argument of the contributors in a clear way. As we shall see, all three of the possibilities she offers will be argued for in the volume, leaving the reader to ultimately decide the question for him/herself. (â¦) The book ranges over a wide variety of subjects, from the papyrological study of the material object, the book, through Hellenistic and Roman literature, visual culture and Hellenistic history. (â¦) All in all, despite the fact that the quality of the various contributions, though in general very high, is not always constant, âThe New Posidippus, a Hellenistic Poetry Bookâ, is a thought-provoking volume full of new insights. It should be recommended to anyone interested in Hellenistic poetry and culture, or ancient poetry-books in general.â (JACQUELINE J.H. KLOOSTER in Mnemosyne, 2007, pp.297-301). Seller Inventory # 62293
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