
The Alexandrian Edition of Alcaeus
Thomas Ford(Author)
Brill Deutschland (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 12. December 2025
Book
Hardback
XII, 386 pages
978-3-506-79818-3 (ISBN)
Description
This study provides the most extensive survey hitherto of what is known about the edition of the poetical works of Alcaeus, the soldier, partisan and singer from Lesbos who lived around 600 BC. It considers the evidence of Alcaeus' manuscripts and of references to his work in other sources to try to reconstruct, insofar as possible, the edition of his poems created by the scholars of Alexandria in the 2nd century BC. In doing so, it makes a range of new observations regarding how poetry was edited more generally and how Alcaeus' life was incorporated into his books.
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Series
Edition
2025
Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Publishing group
Brill | Schöningh
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
37
9 s/w Zeichnungen, 17 s/w Tabellen, 2 Karten, 9 farbige Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
855 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-506-79818-3 (9783506798183)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Thomas Ford ist an der Forschungsstelle Papyrologie der Universität Münster tätig. Er studierte klassische Philologie in Cambridge und Oxford und promovierte an der Universität zu Köln.