Opening book details…
Can I read Callimachus: Hymn to Demeter (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 27) on EtoBox?
Callimachus: Hymn to Demeter (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 27) by Callimachus.; Neil Hopkinson is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Callimachus: Hymn to Demeter (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 27) about?
Callimachus was one of the most important and influential writers in the ancient world. He was the outstanding poet of the Hellenistic period, and had a profound effect on the subsequent course of Greek and Roman literature. The hymns are intricate, allusive and difficult poetry, and need elucidation for the modern reader. Dr Hopkinson has established a new text of Callimachus' Sixth Hymn, The Hymn to Demeter, which is printed here with a facing English translation. In his thorough analysis of t
Who reads Callimachus: Hymn to Demeter (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 27)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Callimachus.; Neil Hopkinson
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1984
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521604369
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Literary Collections
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
Other editions & translations
More by Callimachus.; Neil Hopkinson
Browse all works by Callimachus.; Neil Hopkinson
Similar books
- Callimachus: The Fifth Hymn: The Bath of Pallas (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 26) — Callimachus (1985)
- Pindar: 'Pythian Eleven' (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 45) — P. J. FINGLASS (edt) (2007)
- Plato: Clitophon (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 37) — Platon; Simon Roelof Slings (1999)
- Seneca: Agamemnon (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 18) — Lucius Annaeus Seneca; R J Tarrant (1977)
- Sophocles: Ajax (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 48) — Sophocles.; Patrick J. Finglass (2011)
- Aratus: Phaenomena (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 34) — edited with introduction, translation, and commentary by Douglas Kidd (1997)