Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Moschus and Bion’s and works
* Features the complete extant works of both poets, in both English translation and the original Greek
* Concise introductions to the poets
* Multiple translations of the poets: J. M. Edmonds and Andrew Lang
* Includes translations previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library edition
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the fragments you want to read with individual contents tables
* Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph — ideal for classical students
* Features two bonus biographies
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres
CONTENTS:
Moschus of Syracuse
The Poems of Moschus (Edmonds Translation)
The Poems of Moschus (Lang Translation)
Bion of Smyrna
The Poems of Bion (Edmonds Translation)
The Poems of Bion (Lang Translation)
The Greek Texts
List of Greek Texts
The Dual Texts
Dual Greek and English Texts
The Biographies
The Life of Moschus and Bion (1912) by J. M. Edmonds
Theocritus and His Age (1889) by Andrew Lang