Deserted Delos: A Motif of the <i>Anthology</i> and Its Poetic and Historical Background

Authors

  • Maria Ypsilanti

Abstract

A series of epigrams on the topos of the abandonment of Delos shows the influence of Callimachus' Hymn to Delos, even while the writers dispute his praise of the island in light of its decline after 166 B.C.

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Published

2010-03-29

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