In this volume (in Italian), Professor Marco Fantuzzi presents a critical text of the Adonidis Epitaphium by the Hellenistic Greek poet Bion of Smyrna, who worked between 130-120 BC and 57-55 BC. The text is accompanied by the first major commentary on this poet. The Adonidis Epitaphium , a lament for the 'dying god' Adonis, exercised literary influence both in its own time and during the Renaissance and later. In his detailed line-by-line commentary and three Appendixes Marco Fantuzzi examines Bion's language, ...
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In this volume (in Italian), Professor Marco Fantuzzi presents a critical text of the Adonidis Epitaphium by the Hellenistic Greek poet Bion of Smyrna, who worked between 130-120 BC and 57-55 BC. The text is accompanied by the first major commentary on this poet. The Adonidis Epitaphium , a lament for the 'dying god' Adonis, exercised literary influence both in its own time and during the Renaissance and later. In his detailed line-by-line commentary and three Appendixes Marco Fantuzzi examines Bion's language, metrics, literary antecedents (which range from Homer and the lyric poets through tragedy to Callimachus, Apollonius and the epigrammatists), and finally 'generic' aspirations.
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Very Good. 1986. Cloth, dj. 8vo. 165 pp. Introductory text in Italian, main text in Greek. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Ancient, Roman Literature. )
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0905205278. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). Minor shelfwear to book. Very light yellowing in places to DJ.; ARCA Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs 18; 165 pages; Presents a new critical text of the Hellenistic Greek poem Adonidis Epitaphium by Bion of Smyrna who wrote between 130-120 BC and 57-55 BC. It is accompanied by the first major commentary in Italian on this poem to appear in any language. The Adonidis Epitaphium, a lament for the 'dying god' Adonis, exercised literary influence both in its own time and in the Renaissance and later.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0905205278. Gift inscription from author to ffep. Light bumping to corners. Minor shelfwear to book. Very light browning in places to DJ.; ARCA Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs 18; 165 pages; Presents a new critical text of the Hellenistic Greek poem Adonidis Epitaphium by Bion of Smyrna who wrote between 130-120 BC and 57-55 BC. It is accompanied by the first major commentary in Italian on this poem to appear in any language. The Adonidis Epitaphium, a lament for the 'dying god' Adonis, exercised literary influence both in its own time and in the Renaissance and later.; Signed by Author.
