The hymns of Callimachus, tr. into Engl. verse, with notes. To which are added, Select epigrams, and the Coma Berenices of the same author, six hymns ... Encomium of Ptolemy by Theocritus, by W. Dodd

by Callimachus

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1755 edition. ...of the ami; but also many of our own poets, from the objections of this sort, which several little critics too hastily throw out against them. Phcnœus or Peneus is, according to the scholia, rooXit Afxahui aficata, which Spanheim supposes to be tlie reason why the author describes him as an old man 0 yif but Grtcvius thinks the author has respect to the lake close by the city of the same name, and calls him yiforrw, because the antients when they would represent the s-a, rivers, lakes, 13c. always painted the figure of an old man. Shap'd towards All Aonia flew, 90 Dirce and While their hands support Their iire Ismenus' And far behind Lag'd, by Jove's thunder marr'd, lab'ring his way With sooting slow, While distrest Each wood-nymph, Oread or Dryad fate, 95 Viewing.their oaks coeval, on the top Of moving Helicon nod their wavy brows Loud groaning to the Ye Muses fay If ought on oaks the Dryads fate depends. Or with them born or dying? 100 When the gay trees, in beauteous verdure clad, Their blooming honours shew, the nymphs, like them In fullest charms all blithsome trip the And Ver. 91. Dirceand Strophie Were two fourt-anttent times it was usual to intermix fable with tains atc)7/OT#naiariverof77vi,accordingtothe history, those who wrote this, said, the river Asopus was said to be thunder-struck Asopus had with his streams made war uport by Jupiter, who ravisiYd his daughter Ægirto, Jupiter; and that he, by transforming himself for vomiting out his waters against into fire, had thunder struck a physical XT j... _. it-circumstance founded upon the situation of that Isamaue terunt raptarn patrus /fcztnan abunats,.,-,. r. „......

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About the author

Callimachus (310/305–240 BCE) (Greek: Καλλίμαχος, Kallimakhos) was a poet, critic, and scholar at the Library of Alexandria. He was a native of the Greek colony of Cyrene, Libya.