
The Vienna Epigrams Papyrus
(G 40611)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 27. March 2015
Book
Hardback
VII, 153 pages
978-3-11-035452-2 (ISBN)
Description
This papyrus (3rd century BC) contains c. 200 incipits (first lines) of Greek epigrams with a numeral at the end of each line that gives the number of lines of the complete epigram; most of them had 4 lines. Of these, only one has been ascribed to a known poet (Asklepiades), but it is by no means clear that all of them were his. Their publication, greatly aided by multispectral photography, is a very welcome addition to Hellenistic poetry.
More details
Series
XXXIII
Language
English
Other
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
incl. 11 plates
incl. 11 plates
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 21 cm
Weight
669 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-035452-2 (9783110354522)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
P. Parsons, University of Oxford; H. Maehler, University College London; F. Maltomini, Università degli Studi di Firenze.