Description
Book SynopsisThis edition of Stesichorus is the first full-scale treatment that this important ancient Greek poet has ever received. Presenting a newly constituted text and apparatus, it takes full advantage of recent manuscript discoveries and developments of scholarship to analyse his work and to assess its poetic value and historical significance.
Trade Review'A work of truly formidable scholarship … it is hard to see how it will ever be superseded … Cambridge University Press must also be congratulated on a production of the very highest standard.' Colin Leach, Classics For All (classicsforallreviews.wordpress.com)
'The rich work of Davies and Finglass … is very thoroughly researched, as it is to be expected from such distinguished editors … The sections on mythological traditions are particularly rich, devoting plentiful space to literary and visual testimonies … This is a very substantial and serious work, making for the first time available all the fragments with a critical edition and full scale commentary. Anyone interested in Greek literature and culture should be grateful to the editors for their endeavour.' G. B. D'Alessio, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'[In] this extensive and outstanding work … Davies and Finglass engage in a meticulous effort aimed at disentangling the multiple complexities that surround Stesichorus, a lyric poet shrouded in the mist of time and myth … Davies and Finglass offer an elegant and panoramic view of Stesichorus' poetry in time and space, justifying his fame and merit. This work is of a high calibre, and deserves warm commendation.' E. Tsitsibakou-Vasalos, Classical Review
'This work will be an indispensable tool for anyone reading Stesichorus at any level of proficiency.' D. T. Benediktson, Exemplaria Classica
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Text and critical apparatus; Commentary.
