Parthenius of Nicaea
Subtitle: the poetical fragments and the Erōtika pathēmata
By: edited with introduction and commentaries by J. L. Lightfoot.
Contributors: Lightfoot, J. L.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 606
Subjects: Parthenius, of Nicaea, 1st cent. B.C. -- Translations into English.; Parthenius, of Nicaea, 1st cent. B.C. -- Criticism and interpretation.; Greek literature, Hellenistic -- History and criticism.; Elegiac poetry, Greek -- Translations into English.; Love stories, Greek -- Translations into English.; Elegiac poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.; Love stories, Greek -- History and criticism.; Elegiac poetry, Greek.; Love stories, Greek.
Description: "This is the first study of all the extant remains of the important Hellenistic poet and mythographer, Parthenius of Nicaea, reputed to have been Virgil's tutor in Greek and a major literary figure in his own right. A new edition of his poetic fragments, this book presents the first commentary on Parthenius since the work of August Meineke (1843); it also attempts to contextualize his work within the traditions of Hellenistic poetry and within the 'neoteric revolution' of late Republican Rome. The prime importance of the work is that it aims to be a comprehensive treatment of a relatively neglected and marginalized figure; and that it sets Parthenius' poetry and prose side by side to illustrate and contextualize a literary personality who was unusual in antiquity as an accomplished writer in both genres."--Jacket.
Notes: Commentaries in English, with texts in Greek and their English translation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [562]-583) and index.
This is a study of all the extant remains of Parthenius.