Bion of Smyrna
Subtitle: The Fragments and the Adonis (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries)
Contributors: J. D. Reed (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 23, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780521035545
Subjects: Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Language; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; General; Country life--Greece--Poetry; Country life--Greece--Poetry Country life--Gr; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Collections : Ancient, Classical & Medieval
First sentence: From a poem, or a section of a poem, on the Amyclaean youth Hyacinth (cf. the title Eis 'YaKIvov, " on Hyacinth"), whose accidental death upon being hit by a discuss thrown by his lover Apollo is first attested in [Hes.] fr. 171 and Eur. Hel. 1469-73; closer to Bion see Euphor. frr. 40-3 CA and Nic. Th. 901-6 (cf. Schol. Nic. Th. 585A), but versions before Ovid Met. 10.162-219 are very scrappy.