Lygdamus: Corpus Tibullianum III.1-6 Lygdami Elegiarum Liber

Lygdamus: Corpus Tibullianum III.1-6 Lygdami Elegiarum Liber
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Brill
Country
NL
Published
1 February 1996
Pages
627
ISBN
9789004102101

Lygdamus: Corpus Tibullianum III.1-6 Lygdami Elegiarum Liber

This volume is an in-depth study of the short poetic cycle of Lygdamus, one of the authors included in Book III of the Corpus Tibullianum. The Introduction analyzes the controversial quaestio Lygdamea (identity and dating of the poet), the relationship between Lygdamus and his beloved, Neaera, the incorporation of his poems into the Corpus Tibullianum, and the manuscript tradition. This is followed by a rigorous critical edition (taking fully into account the earliest editions and conjectures). Finally, there is a detailed and exhaustive line-by-line and word-by-word commentary on each poem, paying particular attention to elegiac terms and motifs. This is the first comprehensive study of the work of Lygdamus, considered as a poet with his own literary identity.

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