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The prolific scholar-poet Callimachus of Cyrene spent his career at the royal court and great Library at Alexandria. Creatively reworking the language and generic properties of his predecessors, Callimachus developed a distinctive style, learned and elegant, that became an important model for subsequent poets both Greek and Roman.

Aetia. Iambi. Lyric Poems

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    Publisher: Harvard University Press
    Publication Date: 27/12/2022
    ISBN13: 9780674997349, 978-0674997349
    ISBN10: 0674997344
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    Poetry ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: ancient, classical

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    Book Synopsis
    The prolific scholar-poet Callimachus of Cyrene spent his career at the royal court and great Library at Alexandria. Creatively reworking the language and generic properties of his predecessors, Callimachus developed a distinctive style, learned and elegant, that became an important model for subsequent poets both Greek and Roman.

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