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Labored in Papyrus Leaves: Perspectives on an Epigram Collection Attributed to Posidippus (P. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309)

by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes (Editor), Manuel Baumbach (Editor), Elizabeth Kosmetatou (Editor)

Other authors: Peter Bing (Contributor), Beate Dignas (Contributor), Marco Fantuzzi (Contributor), Kathryn Gutzwiller (Contributor), Gail Hoffman (Contributor)11 more, Richard L. Hunter (Contributor), Gregory Nagy (Contributor), Dirk Obbink (Contributor), Nassos Papalexandrou (Contributor), David Schur (Contributor), Alexander Sens (Contributor), David Sider (Contributor), Martyn Smith (Contributor), Susan A. Stephens (Contributor), Richard F. Thomas (Contributor), Kai Trampedach (Contributor)

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This colloquium volume celebrates a new Hellenistic epigram collection attributed to the third-century B.C.E. poet Posidippus, one of the most significant literary finds in recent memory. Included in this collection are an unusual variety of voices and perspectives: papyrological, art historical, archaeological, historical, literary, and aesthetic. These texts are considered as individual poems and as collective artifact, an early poetry book. The volume will be of interest to readers of Greek and Latin epigram, students of the Hellenistic period, and all readers interested in the aesthetics of poetry collection and the evolution of the poetry book in antiquity.… (more)
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Acosta-Hughes, BenjaminEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Baumbach, ManuelEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Kosmetatou, ElizabethEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Bing, PeterContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dignas, BeateContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fantuzzi, MarcoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gutzwiller, KathrynContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hoffman, GailContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hunter, Richard L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nagy, GregoryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Obbink, DirkContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Papalexandrou, NassosContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Schur, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sens, AlexanderContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sider, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Smith, MartynContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stephens, Susan A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thomas, Richard F.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Trampedach, KaiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed

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This colloquium volume celebrates a new Hellenistic epigram collection attributed to the third-century B.C.E. poet Posidippus, one of the most significant literary finds in recent memory. Included in this collection are an unusual variety of voices and perspectives: papyrological, art historical, archaeological, historical, literary, and aesthetic. These texts are considered as individual poems and as collective artifact, an early poetry book. The volume will be of interest to readers of Greek and Latin epigram, students of the Hellenistic period, and all readers interested in the aesthetics of poetry collection and the evolution of the poetry book in antiquity.

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