Rufinus: The Epigrams of Rufinus: 21 (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 21)

Denys Page

ISBN 10: 0521609364 / ISBN 13: 9780521609364

Published by Cambridge University Press 2008-08-21, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rufinus: The Epigrams of Rufinus: 21 (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 21)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2008-08-21
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521609364
• ISBN 13: 9780521609364
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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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.