Parthenius of Nicaea: Extant Works Edited with Introduction and Notes

by J. L. Lightfoot, Parthenius

Overview

This is the first compendium of the extant remains of the important Hellenistic poet and mythographer, Parthenius of Nicaea, reputed to have been Virgil's tutor in Greek and a major literary figure in his own right. The book includes a newly-edited text, translation, commentary, and contextual study of the whole of the writer's extant works, including the poetic fragments and his love stories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198152538
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	09/28/1999
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.70(d)

Table of Contents

References and Abbreviations		xi
Introduction		1	(16)
Preliminaries		1	(2)
Testimonia		3	(6)
Life		9	(8)
The Poet		17	(80)
Parthenius and Hellenistic Poerty		17	(33)
Background		17	(14)
CEuvre		31	(11)
Metre		42	(5)
Conclusion		47	(3)
Parthenius in Rome		50	(26)
Posthumous Reputation and Influence		76	(21)
The Fragments		97	(118)
Comparatio Numerorum		98	(2)
Fragmenta		100	(34)
Commentary		134	(81)
The Mythographer		215	(88)
Date		215	(2)
'After the Fashion of a Little Note-Book'		217	(5)
The Epistolary Preface		222	(2)
Mythography		224	(16)
Motif-Index?		240	(6)
Sources and Manchettes		246	(10)
Fiction		256	(7)
Style and Narrative		263	(20)
Language		283	(14)
Dialect		285	(1)
Morphology		286	(2)
Syntax		288	(7)
Diction		295	(2)
Influence and Survival		297	(4)
Conclusions		301	(2)
The Text		303	(64)
The Manuscript		303	(3)
Editions		306	(1)
Παρθs;ενρov Περl ερωτlκων παθs;ηματων		307	(60)
The Stories		367	(195)
Appendices
I. Echoes of and Allusions to Earlier Hellenistic Poets		559	(2)
II. Imitations of and Allusions to Parthenius in Later Poets		561	(1)
Bibliography		562	(23)
Indexes		585