Hecale. Hymns. Epigrams

by Callimachus

Book Overview

The premier scholar-poet of the Hellenistic age.

Callimachus (ca. 303-ca. 235 BC), a proud and well-born native of Cyrene in Libya, came as a young man to the court of the Ptolemies at Alexandria, where he composed poetry for the royal family; helped establish the Library and Museum as a world center of literature, science, and scholarship; and wrote an estimated 800 volumes of poetry and prose on an astounding variety of subjects,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674997336
• ISBN13: 9780674997332
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.3" x 6.5"