8556 Oxford University Press 1968 First Edition Near Fine in Good dust jacket Hardcover Light foxing to textblock. Minor shelfwear else Fine. Dustjacket is somewhat tattered with tears and chipping to extremities. DJ spine is browned. ; This volume is concerned with the foundations laid by Greek poets and scholars in the last three centuries B. C. For the whole future of classical scholarship. It starts with a brief survey of the pre-Hellenistic ages in Greece and a few hints at the oriental background. Then the author makes full use of the available evidence, especially that of the papyri, to demonstrate the fresh start made by Hellenistic poets after 300 B. C. And to describe the essential achievements of five generations of creative scholars in Alexandria and of their epigoni down to the age of Augustus. ; 9.75 x 0.75 x 6.5 Inches; 311 pages 0198143427 $100.00USD
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