History of Classical Scholarship from the Beginnings to the End of the Hellenistic Age

334 Pages·1968·22.747 MB·English

by  Rudolph Pfeiffer

HISTORY OF
CLASSICAL
SCHOLARSHIP
F R OM T HE B E G I N N I NG
TO T HE E ND OF T HE
H E L L E N I S T IC A GE
R. PFEIFFER
OXFORD
HISTORY OF
CLASSICAL
SCHOLARSHIP
F R OM T HE B E G I N N I NG
TO T HE E ND OF T HE
H E L L E N I S T IC A GE
R. PFEIFFER
OXFORD
THIS volume is concerned with the founda
tions laid by Greek poets and scholars in the
last three centuries BC for the whole future of
classical scholarship. It starts with a brief sur
vey 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 BC and to describe
the essential achievements of five generations
of creative scholars in Alexandria and of their
epigoni down to the age of Augustus.
Rudolf Pfeiffer ( 1889-1979) was Professor
of Greek at Hamburg (1923) and Freiburg
(1928) Universities, then Fellow of Corpus
Christi College, Oxford from 1938 to 1951.
Other publications include a complete edi
tion of Callimachus.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
HISTORY OF
CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP

HISTORY OF
CLASSICAL
SCHOLARSHIP
FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO
THE END OF
THE HELLENISTIC AGE
RUDOLF PFEIFFER
OXFORD
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