
Catulli Veronensis Liber
Robinson Ellis(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 1. July 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-1-108-01273-7 (ISBN)
Description
The title of this work literally means The Book of Catullus of Verona and is a careful perusal by Robinson Ellis of the oeuvre of the Roman poet, who is generally thought to have lived between 84 and 54 BCE. In this second edition of 1878, Ellis (1834-1913), whose monumental Commentary on Catullus is also reissued in this series, demonstrates the ancestry of the text of the poems established by Renaissance scholars from the surviving manuscript variants, supplying a text with suggested readings and emendations and a nearly complete listing of citations or references that have been made to Catullus throughout the centuries, and engaging with the work of fellow scholars Ribbeck and Westphal. Ellis offers a detailed reading of the construction of the poet's engaging verse and supports the identification of the 'Lesbia' of whom Catullus writes so glowingly and passionately with Clodia Metelli.
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Series
Language
Latin
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
2 Plates, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-01273-7 (9781108012737)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Praefatio; Prolegomena; Carmen; De partitione carminum Catulli; Excursus; Index.