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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.

Hecale. Hymns. Epigrams

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 27/12/2022
      ISBN13: 9780674997332, 978-0674997332
      ISBN10: 0674997336
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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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