Early Greek Epic Fragments I
Subtitle: Antiquarian and Genealogical Epic
Publisher: de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
Published: 2017
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9783110531534
Subjects: Greek poetry, history and criticism
Description: This is the first full-scale commentary on the extant fragments of genealogical and antiquarian epic of the archaic period since G. Marckscheffel's Latin commentary in 1840. It includes introduction to the relevant authors and poems, Greek text, translation, detailed commentary, index of the sources transmitting these texts, and a 'comparatio numerorum' with all the previous major editions.