Asclepiades of Samos: Epigrams and Fragments

by Asclepiades

This is the first commentary in English devoted exclusively to the surviving epigrams and fragments of Asclepiades of Samos, a Hellenistic poet who exerted great influence on the work of his contemporaries and helped shape the genre of literary epigram for many generations. The volume contains an extensive introduction, a new critical text and translation, and a full literary and philological commentary. Alexander Sens's main focus is on the way in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199253196
• ISBN13: 9780199253197
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.6"