Rufinus: The Epigrams of Rufinus

Professor Page here presents a text of Rufinus' poems and a concise commentary on them.

Rufinus (Author), Denys Page (Edited by)

9780521609364, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 26 August 2004

128 pages
21.7 x 14 x 0.9 cm, 0.177 kg

Nothing is known of the Greek poet Rufinus other than that he was the author of a collection of thirty-nine epigrams. In fact he is such an insubstantial figure that his date has been placed at various points within nearly half a millennium. Professor Page here presents a text of Rufinus' poems and a concise commentary on them. In his introduction he considers the criteria by which a date may be established and finds evidence in favour of the fourth century AD.

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Text and critical apparatus
Commentary
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB], Poetry by individual poets [DCF]