A Hellenistic Anthology van Neil Hopkinson is an English-language study book that offers an extensive selection of Hellenic poetry from the third to the first century BCE. This second edition has been thoroughly updated and expanded with additional texts and a revised bibliography.
This edition makes a wide range of poetic genres accessible, including hymns, didactic verses, pastoral poetry, epigrams, and epic. With an introduction providing cultural and historical context, and extensive annotation for linguistic and content clarification, this book is of great value to students and professionals in the classical world.
The second edition now includes more than 2000 lines of Greek text, including additional poems by Theocritus, making it an essential reference work in the field. It builds on studies in ancient languages, literature, and history.
Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics