Curtis, Paul, 1965-

Stesichoros's Geryoneis [electronic resource] / Geryoneis by Paul Curtis. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. - xii, [2], 201 p. - Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature, v. 333 0169-8958 ; . - Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 333. Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- A prosopography of Stesichoros -- The Geryon myth in the Archaic period -- Historical background -- Performance -- The geryoneis as a choral song -- Cult of Geryon -- Language and phonology -- Metre -- The papyri -- The terminus ad quem of physical texts for The geryoneis -- Order of fragments -- Geryoneis -- Note on the text -- Index criticorum -- Text -- Commentary -- Appendices -- Testimonia -- Additional sources -- Eastern parallels -- Plates -- Bibliography -- Editions -- Commentaries -- Select bibliography -- Tabula comparationis -- Indices.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.


Text in Greek with introduction and commentary in English.






Stesichorus--Criticism and interpretation.
Stesichorus. Gēryonēis.


Lost literature--Greece.
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)


Electronic books.

PA4435.S8 / C87 2011

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