This 1876 work is the magisterial commentary by the Oxford scholar Robinson Ellis (1834-1913) on the life and oeuvre of the Roman poet Catullus, whose work illuminates the closing years of the Roman Republic. Our knowledge of Catullus' life derives almost entirely from his own writings. Three manuscripts survive which contain a collection of poems that are ascribed to him, and all three date from the fourteenth century. Ellis considers the research that has already been undertaken on the poet and his environment but mostly ...
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This 1876 work is the magisterial commentary by the Oxford scholar Robinson Ellis (1834-1913) on the life and oeuvre of the Roman poet Catullus, whose work illuminates the closing years of the Roman Republic. Our knowledge of Catullus' life derives almost entirely from his own writings. Three manuscripts survive which contain a collection of poems that are ascribed to him, and all three date from the fourteenth century. Ellis considers the research that has already been undertaken on the poet and his environment but mostly draws on his own work in assessing the value of the Renaissance Italian commentators who established the generally accepted poetic canon. He traces the Greek influences that Catullus was exposed to and discusses his use of different metres, while also speculating on the identity of his beloved Lesbia, a controversial question still unresolved in the twenty-first century.
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Good with no dust jacket. 3487079275. Ex-library copy with minimal markings (blindstamp to titlepage and withdrawn stamp to copyright page). Former owner's bookplate to inner cover (Andrew James Bell). Inner hinges weakening and starting to crack but holding. Chipping, tears and fraying to spine ends. Small tears to edges/joints of spine cover. Corners a bit edgeworn. Old price to titlepage. Bookseller stamp to tp.; Lxxii, 516 pp.; Clarendon Press Series; 516 pages.
Add this copy of A Commentary on Catullus to cart. $78.00, very good condition, Sold by Ancient World Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1988 by Georg Olms Publishers.
