The Epigrams of Philodemos

Introduction, Text, and Commentary

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9378910
AutoresDavid Sider (autor de correspondencia), Philodemus Of Gadara
Año1997
Páginas259
Fecha de publicación1997-09-11
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaThe epigrams of Philodemos (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University PressNew York, NY (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780195099829.001.0001
OpenAlexW2999069710
Open LibraryOL20835386M
ISBN9780195099829
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas37

This edition collects all the epigrams attributed to Epicurean philosopher and poet Philodemos of Gadara (c.110-40 BC). In editing these epigrams, Sider has re-examined several manuscripts of the Greek Anthology. Thirty-eight epigrams (three only doubtfully Philodemean, and two spurious) are printed in the original Greek and in English translation, with full critical apparatus and commentary. Sider also includes the text of a recently edited papyrus containing fragments of many known and newly discovered epigrams by Philodemos. In addition to the usual issues involved in editing a Classical poet--i.e. the poet's life, his use of meter, the epigrammatic tradition, and the place of the epigrams in the Greek Anthology--Sider's introduction considers the relationship between Philodemos' philosophy and poetry. He explains how the epigrams fit into the literary views expressed in Philodemos' On Poems and how they clashed with the Epicurean stance against the writing of poetry

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