A Bodleian Ms. of Copa, Moretum, and Other Poems of the Appendix Vergiliana

Description: Exchange Value Books presents ... A Bodleian Ms. of Copa, Moretum, and Other Poems of the Appendix Vergiliana Author:ELLIS, Robinson (1834-1913) Publisher:London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner, E.C., Oxford: 116 High Street Release Date:1906 Seller Category:Bibliography Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Very Good Sku: 0010026 Notes: [BIBLIOGRAPHY]. ELLIS, Robinson (1834-1913). "A Bodleian Ms. of Copa, Moretum, and Other Poems of the Appendix Vergiliana." London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner, E.C., Oxford: 116 High Street, 1906. English language letter-press pamphlet with light blue card-stock wrappers, priced one shilling net. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. 2 oz. 24 pp. Wear, toning, and small smudges on wrappers. Text clean. Very Good. Not a reprint or PoD. "Ellis was Corpus Christi Professor of Latin at Oxford, 1893-1913. 'Copa' is a poem in 38 elegiac couplets describing the song of the barmaid Syrisca. She describes a lush, pastoral setting and a picnic laid out in the grass and invites an unnamed man to spend time with her, stop thinking about the future, and live for the present. 'The Moretum' is in 124 hexameter lines and describes the preparation by the poor farmer Simylus of a meal. The poem is in the tradition of Hellenistic poetry about the poor and their diet and has a precedent in Callimachus's 'Hecale' and poems that describe theoxeny. Ellis's Appendix to Virgil appeared the year following, in 1907." Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!

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