The Alexandrian Edition of Alcaeus

By (author) Thomas Ford

Book cover: The Alexandrian Edition of Alcaeus

Extent: 398 pages

Publisher: Brill | Schöningh

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Sonderreihe der Abhandlungen Papyrologica Coloniensia

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2025)

ISBN: 9783506798183

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $92.00

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This study provides the most extensive survey hitherto of what is known about the edition of the poetical works of Alcaeus, the soldier, partisan and singer from Lesbos who lived around 600 BC. It considers the evidence of Alcaeus’ manuscripts and of references to his work in other sources to try to reconstruct, insofar as possible, the edition of his poems created by the scholars of Alexandria in the 2nd century BC. In doing so, it makes a range of new observations regarding how poetry was edited more generally and how Alcaeus’ life was incorporated into his books.

Thomas Ford ist an der Forschungsstelle Papyrologie der Universität Münster tätig. Er studierte klassische Philologie in Cambridge und Oxford und promovierte an der Universität zu Köln.

  • By (author) Thomas Ford