Complete Works of Callimachus by Callimachus

The fragments of Hecale are presented first next come the Hymns books one and two of the Aitia follow then come the Iambi books three and four of the Aitia the Victory Song for Sosibius and finally the Epigrams, divided into Erotic Poems, Dedicatory Poems, Epitaphs and Display Pieces. The verse translation is preceded by a succinct but useful introduction and a short note on the difficulties of translating the self-conscious form of Callimachean poetry. It includes, in the case of the fragments, a good deal of presentation as well.’ This presentation is for the most part expertly handled. The preface begins: ‘”Translated” in the subtitle of this book means more than it usually means. Cameron, just to name a few, have all made important contributions 4-and N’s translation has been able to take into account these significant advances in Callimachean studies. 3 Indeed, a lot of scholarship has been undertaken on Callimachus since 1958-H. Mair’s English, if elegant, is markedly dated and, apart from a bibliographical addendum to the 1978 reprint, the Trypanis edition was unable to take into consideration the important Lille Papyrus published by P.J. For other reasons as well a new translation of Callimachus has been a long time coming. 2 Not until now has an English translator attempted to house the works of Callimachus under a single roof. Since the publication of Pfeiffer’s two important editions of Callimachus in 19, 1 the English reader of Callimachus has had to turn for the most part to the two separate Loeb volumes of A.W. That Nisetich (N) has felt himself able to entitle his new translation simply ‘The Poems of Callimachus’ is a testament to the inclusive result which this project has undertaken to achieve.

Complete Works of Callimachus by Callimachus