Simonides: Epigrams and Elegies Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

David Sider, Professor of Classics, New York University

David Sider is Professor Classics at New York University. His research interests centre on Greek poetry and Greek philosophy: he has published editions of the fragments of Anaxagoras and the epigrams of Philodemus and his next big project continues his recent work on the former, comprising a collection of all ancient testimony, to appear in de Gruyter's Traditio Praesocratica.

List of Figures
INTRODUCTION
1. The Scope of this Work
2. Birth and Death
2.1. Life
3. Simonidean Anecdotes
4. Works
5. *?*L*?*G*?*?*?
6. Textual Transmission
6.1. Elegies
6.2. Epigrams
7. Meter
8. Aelius Aristides
9. The Plan of this Edition
TEXT, TRANSLATION, COMMENTARY
Epigrams
Elegies and Sympotica
Bibliography
1. Abbreviations and Brief References
2. Editions of Simonides Containing Epigrams
3. Other Scholars Cited in Critical Apparatuses
4. Manuscript Epigram Sources
5. Texts of Some Frequently Cited Ancient Texts
6. Secondary Literature
Concordances
1. Epigrams
2. Elegies and Sympotica
Index Rerum
Index Verborum Graecorum