Asclepiades of Samos Epigrams and Fragments [Hardcover]

This is the first commentary in English devoted exclusively to the surviving epigrams and fragments of Asclepiades of Samos, a Hellenistic poet who exerted great influence on the work of his contemporaries and helped shape the genre of literary epigram for many generations. The volume contains an extensive introduction, a new critical text and translation, and a full literary and philological commentary. Alexander Sens's main focus is on the way in which Asclepiades engages with the Greek literary tradition, but attention is also paid to his influence on later writers.

Introduction
I. Life and works
II. The development of Hellenistic epigram
III. Asclepiades and inscribed epigram
IV. Erotic epigram and its generic background
V. Narrative voice and genre
VI. Asclepiades and his contemporaries
VII. Asclepiades at court
VIII. Language and style
IX. Metre
X. The transmission of the text
Testimonia
Sigla
Text and Commentary

Sens has to be congratulated for producing such a fine piece of scholarship. Students and scholars alike will greatly benefit from using this commentary, which will be the standard work for Asclepiades in the years to come. --Christos Tsagalis,Classical World

Sens's book is a very welcome addition. With its insightful, learned, and sensitive literary treatment of the poems it will become an indispensable tool for those interested in epigram and Hellenistic literature in general. --Lucia Floridi,Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Alexander Sensis Joseph Durkin SJ Professor of Classics at Georgetown University.