{"product_id":"callimachus-alexandros-kampakoglou-9781802078619","title":"Callimachus: Select Longer Fragments","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew among the surviving Hellenistic poets can rival the fame of Callimachus of Cyrene (approximately 320-240 BCE). Active as a poet and scholar in Ptolemaic Alexandria, Callimachus associated his name with a new set of aesthetic principles that proved influential for such poets as Vergil, Horace, and Ovid. Even so, except for six \u003cem\u003eHymns\u003c\/em\u003e and several epigrams, most of his work survives in fragments. Offering a selection of longer fragments, this edition provides a rounded view of Callimachus' literary output. It also sheds light on lesser-studied aspects of Callimachus' activity at the Ptolemaic court in Alexandria. For the first time in an English volume, a commentary explores and elucidates the occasional and lyric pieces Callimachus composed for the Ptolemies and their officials (such as the Elegy for Sosibius and the \u003cem\u003eEktheosis\u003c\/em\u003e of Arsinoe). By focusing on Callimachus' longer fragments (e.g., \u003cem\u003eAetia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIambs\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHecale\u003c\/em\u003e), this edition offers an indispensable tool that guides the reader through the intricacies of his poetic art. It also includes an exhaustive introduction to Callimachus' life, professional activity, and aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandros Kampakoglou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1802078614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781802078619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.50d","brand":"Alexandros Kampakoglou","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46927906341119,"sku":"9781802078619","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb91e4d7-7260-46bb-89bd-5bc6eb883dd5.jpg?v=1749373336","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/callimachus-alexandros-kampakoglou-9781802078619","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}