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: | 9780521217279 |
| Publication date: | 7th September 1978 |
| Author: | Virgil, R O A M Lyne |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 332 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Poetry by individual poets |
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.
Ciris features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Poetry by individual poets
Ciris is available in Hardback
Ciris was written by Virgil, R O A M Lyne and published by Cambridge University Press
Ciris has 332 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries series