The Alexandra attributed to Lykophron is a minor poetic masterpiece, and one of the most important and notoriously difficult Greek poems dating from the hellenistic period. As well as providing the Greek text in full and its English translation, this volume provides the first ever full-length commentary in English on the poem.

Simon Hornblower is a Former Senior Research Fellow in Classical Studies at All Souls College, Oxford.

• Preface


• List of Figures


• List of Maps


• List of Abbreviations


• Introduction


• Synopsis of the Alexandra


• Sigla


• Text and Translation of the Alexandra, with Commentary


• Appendix: the Anapaestic Kassandra Poem, P. Berol. 9775


• Bibliography


• Index