Hopkinson, Neil, ed. — A Hellenistic Anthology

Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 2002. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Bilingual texts in Greek and English Transferred printing in 2002 from an earlier reprint edition. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Extensive Preface and Introduction set of abbreviations and maps, and then Neil Hopkinson has assembled here selections from the works of Callimachus, Cleanthes, Aratus, Nicander, Theocritus, Simias, Phanocles, Apollonius, Moschus, Bion, Rhianus, Lycophron, Herondas, Machon, Epigrams and drinking songs. The publisher's blurb notes that the volume is "an anthology of Greek poetry written during the third to first centuries B.C. -- the so-called Hellenistic period." It is intended to "make available to undergraduates a selection of texts that are not easily accessible elsewhere. The volume contains a wide and representative range of poetry, including hymns, didactic verse, pastoral poetry, epigrams, and epics. An introduction sets the poetry in its cultural and historical background, and a full commentary elucidates problems of the language and reference in the texts." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii [1], 1-288 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine