This volume is an edition of the poetical and grammatical fragments of Philitas of Cos, the exemplary founder of erudite Hellenistic poetry. The Introduction places Philitas in his literary context; the commentary elucidates manipulation of language and metre and Philitas’ influence on the Alexandrian scholar-poets, Propertius and Longus. The book closes with three Appendices and comprehensive Indexes.
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