Rufinus: The Epigrams of Rufinus (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries)

Rufinus; Denys Page

ISBN 10: 0521217679 / ISBN 13: 9780521217675

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1978

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Book is Fine. Dust jacket price clipped, shelf rubbed along edges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rufinus: The Epigrams of Rufinus (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521217679
• ISBN 13: 9780521217675
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • J. Scarborough Collection

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Synopsis

Nothing is known of the Greek poet Rufinus other than that he was the author of a collection of thirty-nine epigrams. In fact he is such an insubstantial figure that his date has been placed at various points within nearly half a millennium. Professor Page here presents a text of Rufinus' poems and a concise commentary on them. In his introduction he considers the criteria by which a date may be established and finds evidence in favour of the fourth century AD.

Book Description

Nothing is known of the Greek poet Rufinus other than that he was the author of a collection of thirty-nine epigrams. In fact he is such an insubstantial figure that his date has been placed at various points within nearly half a millennium. Professor Page here presents a text of Rufinus' poems and a concise commentary on them.