The Epigrams Ascribed to Theocritus: A Method of Approach

by Laura Rossi

This book is the first full-scale commentary on the epigrams ascribed to Theocritus since Gow's commented edition of 1950 and the first to methodically approach epigram as a literary genre attempting to bridge the gap between epigraphy and philological studies. The introductory chapters trace the history of the various epigrammatic genres and typologies within which the Theocritean epigrams can be inserted, focusing on both the literary and epigraphic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042909927
• ISBN13: 9789042909922
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 418 Pages