Aetia, Iambi, Hecale and Other Fragments. Hero and Leander [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by Musaeus of Athens, Callimachus, Musaeus Grammaticus

Callimachus of Cyrene, born ca. 310 BCE, after studying philosophy at Athens, became a teacher of grammar and poetry at Alexandria. Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt (reigned 285-247) made him when still young a librarian in the new library at Alexandria; he prepared a great catalogue of its books.

Callimachus was author of much poetry and many works in prose, but not much survives. His hymns and epigrams are given with works by Aratus and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
• ISBN: 0674994639
• ISBN13: 9780674994638
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.5" x 6.7"