P. Ovidii Nasonis Ibis: Ex novis codicibus edidit scolia vetera commentarium cum prolegomenis, appendice, indice

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Classical scholar Robinson Ellis (1834-1913) studied at Balliol College, Oxford, under Benjamin Jowett, before becoming a Fellow of Trinity and, in 1893, Corpus Professor of Latin. His 1876 Commentary on Catullus (also reissued in this series) public... Read more
Classical scholar Robinson Ellis (1834-1913) studied at Balliol College, Oxford, under Benjamin Jowett, before becoming a Fellow of Trinity and, in 1893, Corpus Professor of Latin. His 1876 Commentary on Catullus (also reissued in this series) publicised the Codex Oxoniensis but overlooked its significance and was criticised by other scholars in the field. Nevertheless, his commentaries became standard texts, including this 1881 publication of Ovid''s Ibis. A vitriolic invective poem, written in exile, aimed at an enemy whose identity remains unclear, and invoking Callimachus'' lost poem of the same name, it is probably Ovid''s least-known work. This edition, including text, scholia, and Ellis''s prolegomena and critical apparatus, illuminates nineteenth-century traditions of classical scholarship. Less

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File size9.69 X 7.44 X 0.57 in
Print pages272
PublisherNabu Press
Publication date March 15, 2010
LanguageLatin
ISBN9781108051026
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Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and ...

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