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Název:		Callimachus: Hymns and Epigrams, Lycophron and Aratus (Loeb Classical Library No. 129)
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Rok vydání:		1921
Identifikátory:		9780674991439

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Anotace:	<p> Callimachus of Cyrene, 3rd century <span class="era">BCE</span>, became after 284 a teacher of grammar and poetry at Alexandria. He was made a librarian in the new library there and prepared a catalogue of its books. He died about the year 240. Of his large published output, only 6 hymns, 63 epigrams, and fragments survive (the fragments are in Loeb no. <i>421</i>). The hymns are very learned and artificial in style; the epigrams are good (they are also in the Loeb Greek Anthology volumes). </p><p> Lycophron of Chalcis in Euboea was a contemporary of Callimachus in Alexandria where he became supervisor of the comedies included in the new library. He wrote a treatise on these and composed tragedies and other poetry. We possess <i>Alexandra</i> or <i>Cassandra</i> wherein Cassandra foretells the fortune of Troy and the besieging Greeks. This poem is a curiosity—a showpiece of knowledge of obscure stories, names, and words. </p><p> Aratus of Soli in Cilicia, ca. 315–245 <span class="era">BCE</span>, was a didactic poet at the court of Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia, where he wrote his famous astronomical poem <i>Phaenomena</i> (Appearances). He was for a time in the court of Antiochus I of Syria but returned to Macedonia. <i>Phaenomena</i> was highly regarded in antiquity; it was translated into Latin by Cicero, Germanicus Caesar, and Avienus. </p>
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