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Talking Books: Readings in Hellenistic and Roman Books of Poetry Hutchinson, G. O. (Professor of Greek and Latin Languages and Literature, University of Oxford)
Talking Books: Readings in Hellenistic and Roman Books of Poetry
Hutchinson, G. O. (Professor of Greek and Latin Languages and Literature, University of Oxford)
An extensive analysis of the design of Greek and Latin books of poems, using the evidence of papyri, including recent discoveries. The main poets discussed are Callimachus, Apollonius, Posidippus, Catullus, Horace, and Ovid; a chapter on Latin didactic includes Lucretius, Virgil, Ovid, and Manilius.
352 pages, 18 in-text illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 15, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199279418 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 348 |
| Dimensions | 224 × 148 × 28 mm · 589 g |
| Language | English |