This book offers a detailed discussion of Callimachus' collection of Iambi, arguably one of the earliest surviving Greek 'books of poetry'. There are chapters o

Preliminary Material /D. L. Clayman -- History of the Text /D. L. Clayman -- The Iambi Individually and Together /D. L. Clayman -- Callimachus and Early Iambi /

The poems are especially significant as examples of cultural memory since they are composed both as an act of commemorating earlier poetry and as a manipulation

A new, provocative treatment of the Alexandrian poet Callimachus and his reception, approaching his work from four varied yet complementary angles.