This monograph focuses solely on the Stesichoros's Geryoneis. The main feature to the book is its full-length commentary. As well as providing a detailed analysis on the poet's language and style, the song is considered in its wider religious...
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This monograph focuses solely on the Stesichoros's Geryoneis. The main feature to the book is its full-length commentary. As well as providing a detailed analysis on the poet's language and style, the song is considered in its wider religious context
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Introduction -- A prosopography of Stesichoros -- The Geryon myth in the Archaic period -- Historical background -- Performance -- The geryoneis as a choral song -- Cult of Geryon -- Language and phonology -- Metre -- The papyri -- The terminus ad quem of physical texts for The geryoneis -- Order of fragments -- Geryoneis -- Note on the text -- Index criticorum -- Text -- Commentary -- Appendices -- Testimonia -- Additional sources -- Eastern parallels -- Plates -- Bibliography -- Editions -- Commentaries -- Select bibliography -- Tabula comparationis -- Indices.