Stesichoros's Geryoneis / by Paul Curtis.

Stesichoros’s Geryoneis is without doubt one of the gems of the 6th century. This monograph offers the first full-length commentary (in English) to cover all aspects of the Geryoneis . Included in this monograph is a much-needed revised and up-to-date text together with a full apparatus. As well as...

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Superior document:Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature, v. 333
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Year of Publication:2011
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 333.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature.
Physical Description:1 online resource (219 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A prosopography of Stesichoros
  • The Geryon myth in the Archaic period
  • Historical background
  • Performance
  • The geryoneis as a choral song
  • Cult of Geryon
  • Language and phonology
  • Metre
  • The papyri
  • The terminus ad quem of physical texts for The geryoneis
  • Order of fragments
  • Geryoneis
  • Note on the text
  • Index criticorum
  • Text
  • Commentary
  • Appendices
  • Testimonia
  • Additional sources
  • Eastern parallels
  • Plates
  • Bibliography
  • Editions
  • Commentaries
  • Select bibliography
  • Tabula comparationis
  • Indices.