Ciris: A Poem Attributed to Vergil

The Ciris is a mythological narrative poem on the legend of Scylla and Nisus, and is an outstanding example of the epyllion genre - miniture epics, of which there must have been many from Catullus onwards. Late sources in Antiquity and inferior manuscript tradition attributed this poem to Vergil, and the possibility of Vergilian authorship has been discussed since the Renaissance. Dr Lyne has reassessed the manuscript authorities for the Ciris and here presents a new and better text of the poem with apparatus criticus. In his introduction and commentary he provides a complete account of the Ciris: its manuscripts, its style and language, the poet's treatment of the Scylla myths, his narrative technique and his method of composition. Dr Lyne's tracking down of the poet's borrowings from the now lost neoteric poets of Catullus' generation is especially interesting.

ISBN 0521606993   Weight (grammes) 440 ISBN13 9780521606998 (What's this?)   Published in Cambridge Publisher Cambridge University Press   Series editor Reeve, Michael, Diggle, James, Hopkinson, Neil Imprint Cambridge University Press   Series ISSN 20 Format Paperback   Series title Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Publication date 10 Jun 2004   Previous ISBN 9780521217279 DEWEY 873.01   Height (mm) 216 DEWEY edition DC21   Width (mm) 138 Pages 348   Spine width (mm) 20 Volumes 1   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

Preface; Bibliography and abbreviations; Introduction; Text and critical apparatus; Ciris; Commentary; Indexes.

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