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Peter Bing

Author of Games of Venus: An Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic Verse from Sappho to Ovid (The New Ancient World)

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About the Author

Includes the names: Peter Bing, Peter Michael Bing

Works by Peter Bing

Games of Venus: An Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic Verse from Sappho to Ovid (The New Ancient World) (1991) — Editor — 55 copies, 1 review

Aristaenetus, Erotic Letters (Writings from the Greco-Roman World) (2014) — Translator — 10 copies

Well-read Muse (Hypomnemata) (1988) 7 copies

Brill's companion to Hellenistic epigram (2007) — Editor — 6 copies

The Scroll and the Marble: Studies in Reading and Reception in Hellenistic Poetry (2009) 6 copies

Callimachus' Hymn to Delos 1-99: Introduction and Commentary 1 copy

Associated Works

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth (1972) — Translator, some editions — 274 copies

The New Posidippus: A Hellenistic Poetry Book (2005) — Contributor — 14 copies

Ancient scholarship and grammar: archetypes, concepts and contexts (2011) — Contributor — 8 copies

Belonging and isolation in the Hellenistic world (2013) — Contributor — 8 copies

Nomodeiktes: Greek Studies in Honor of Martin Ostwald (1994) — Contributor — 7 copies

Labored in Papyrus Leaves: Perspectives on an Epigram Collection Attributed to Posidippus (P. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309) (2004) — Contributor — 6 copies

Imitate Anacreon! Mimesis, Poiesis and the Poetic Inspiration in the Carmina Anacreontea (2014) — Contributor — 4 copies

Brill’s Companion to Greek and Latin Epyllion and Its Reception (Brill's Companions in Classical Studies) (2012) — Contributor — 2 copies

Tombs of the Ancient Poets: Between Literary Reception and Material Culture (2018) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Bing, Peter
Birthdate: 1954
Gender: male
Education: Bowdoin College
University of Tubingen
University of Michigan
Occupations: Professor of Classics, Emory University
Relationships: Bing, Elisabeth (mother)
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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jwhenderson 2,952 reviews

Games of Venus : an anthology of Greek and Roman erotic verse from Sappho to Ovid by Peter Bing

Excellent collection of ancient poetry for study and enjoyment. I found this to be a great introduction to poets that I may not have encountered before.

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Rip Cohen Editor

Manuel Baumbach

Regina Höschele Translator

Stephanos Matthaios

Ralph Mark Rosen

Jon Steffen Bruss Editor

Nora Goldschmidt

Kathryn J. Gutzwiller Contributor

Propertius Contributor

Machon Contributor

Asclepiades Contributor

Hipponax Contributor

Ovid Contributor

Hermesianax Contributor

Mimnermos Contributor

Meleager Contributor

Ibycus Contributor

Virgil Contributor

Theognis Contributor

Anacreon Contributor

Horace Contributor

Sappho Contributor

Pindar Contributor

Theocritus Contributor

Callimachus Contributor

Tibullus Contributor

Alkman Contributor

Bacchylides Contributor

Sulpicia Contributor

Catullus Contributor

Herodas Contributor

Archilochus Contributor

Benjamin Acosta-Hughes Contributor

Dee L. Clayman Contributor

Jonathan M. Rowland Contributor

Nita Krevans Contributor

Jackie Murray Contributor

Silvia Barbantani Contributor

Ewen Bowie Contributor

Irmgard Männlein-Robert Contributor

Adolf Köhnken Contributor

Enrico Magnelli Contributor

Gideon Nisbet Contributor

Andrej Petrovic Contributor

Lorenzo Argentieri Contributor

Joseph W. Day Contributor

Annemarie Ambuhl Contributor

Alexander Sens Contributor

Karl-Heinz Stanzel Contributor

Anja Bettenworth Contributor

Graham Zanker Contributor

Evina Sistakou Contributor

David Sider Contributor

Annette Harder Contributor

Marco Fantuzzi Contributor

Alfredo M. Morelli Contributor

Ralph Rosen Contributor

Kenneth Haynes Contributor

Doris Meyer Contributor

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Works: 6
Also by: 9
Members: 85
Popularity: #214,930
Rating: 4.1

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 14

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