Didymos of Alexandria, Commentary on Pindar
By: Bruce Karl Braswell edited and translated with introduction, explanatory notes, and a critical catalogue of Didymos' works
Series: Schweizerische Beiträge zur Altertumswissenschaft -- Bd. 41; Schweizerische Beiträge zur Altertumswissenschaft -- Bd. 41.
Publisher: Schwabe
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Basel
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9783796529016
Subjects: Greek Laudatory poetry; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation
Description: "The present edition, which draws on Drachmann's critical edition, not only offers a revised Greek text but also an English translation with explanatory notes and full indices. An extensive introduction, which situates Didymos in the scholarship of late Ptolemaic Alexandria, includes the first modern critical catalogue of all the works which are expressly attributed to him. While the present work is primarily addressed to advanced students and professional classicists, it is hoped that the presentation will ease the entry of others into the fascinating field of ancient scholarship which has now established itself as a special discipline."--Provided by publisher
Notes: Critical edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English and Greek.
Table of contents: title: The last of the Ptolemaic Grammarians --; title: Didymos Chalkenteros --; title: The evidence for his life and times --; title: Overview : Didymos and the Alexandrian Scholars and Grammarians from Aristarchos to Herakleides --; title: Didymos as viewed in Antiquity --; title: Seneca's criticism of Didymos --; title: Didymos Bibliolathas --; title: Macrobius' Praise of Didymos --; title: The works of Didymos : a critical catalogue --; title: Lexicographical writings (nos. 1-7) --; title: Critical and exegetical commentaries and treatises on authors (nos. 8-47) --; title: Treatises on grammar (nos. 48-54) --; title: Miscellanea (nos. 55-69) --; title: Dubiae sedis fragmenta (nos. 70-86) --; title: Pindaric scholarship before Didymos --; title: Didymos' commentary on Pindar --; title: The use of historians --; title: Citation of earlier eoets --; title: Relevance of the Myth to the Victor celebrated --; title: Textual criticism --; title: Defence of manuscript readings --; title: Conjectures --; title: Misplaced Ingenuity in Exegesis --; title: Misinterpretation of the text --; title: Overinterpretation of the text --; title: Authenticity --; title: Explanation in Terms of cause and accident --; title: Aesthetic criticism --; title: Didymos' achievement --; title: Synopsis of readings --; title: ... : Commentary on Pindar --; title: Olympian Odes (Fr. 1-24) --; title: Pythian Odes (Fr. 25-35) --; title: Nemean Odes (Fr. 36-62) --; title: Isthmian Odes (Fr. 63-67) --; title: Paeans (Fr. 68) --; title: Dubia (Ft. 69-72) --; title: Falsum (Fr. 73) ---- Bibliography-- Concordances of the fragments-- Index of Pindaric texts discussed in the Scholia-- Index of fontes-- General index-- Index of Greek words discussed-- Index of passages cited.