Asclepiades of Samos

• The first full commentary in English on the writings of this influential poet
• All the poems are translated
• Each epigram is accompanied by a short exegetical essay reflecting on Asclepiades' engagement with the literary tradition

Readership: Scholars and students of classics, especially of Hellenistic poetry.

Edited by Alexander Sens, Joseph Durkin SJ Professor of Classics, Georgetown University

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