Chiliades
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The Chiliades is a work of the 12th century by John Tzetzes
, a Byzantine grammarian.
The Chiliades is based upon a collection of Letters (ed. T Pressel, 1851), which has been called an index to the larger work, itself described as a versified commentary on the letters. These letters (107 in number) are addressed partly to fictitious personages, and partly to the great men and women of the writer's time. They contain a considerable amount of biographical details. The Iliaca, an abridgment of and supplement to the Iliad, is divided into three parts Ante-homerica, Homerica, Post-homerica containing the narrative from the birth of Paris
to the return of the Greeks after the fall of Troy
, in 1676 hexameter
s (ed. Karl Lehrs
and F Dübner
, 1868, in the Didot
series, with Hesiod
, etc.)
John Tzetzes
John Tzetzes was a Byzantine poet and grammarian, known to have lived at Constantinople during the 12th century.Tzetzes was Georgian on his mother's side...
, a Byzantine grammarian.
The Chiliades is based upon a collection of Letters (ed. T Pressel, 1851), which has been called an index to the larger work, itself described as a versified commentary on the letters. These letters (107 in number) are addressed partly to fictitious personages, and partly to the great men and women of the writer's time. They contain a considerable amount of biographical details. The Iliaca, an abridgment of and supplement to the Iliad, is divided into three parts Ante-homerica, Homerica, Post-homerica containing the narrative from the birth of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to the return of the Greeks after the fall of Troy
Troy
Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida...
, in 1676 hexameter
Hexameter
Hexameter is a metrical line of verse consisting of six feet. It was the standard epic metre in classical Greek and Latin literature, such as in the Iliad and Aeneid. Its use in other genres of composition include Horace's satires, and Ovid's Metamorphoses. According to Greek mythology, hexameter...
s (ed. Karl Lehrs
Karl Lehrs
Karl Ludwig Lehrs , was a German classical scholar.Born at Königsberg, he was of Jewish extraction, but in 1822 he converted to Christianity...
and F Dübner
Johann Friedrich Dübner
Johann Friedrich Dübner , German classical scholar , was born in Horselgau, near Gotha....
, 1868, in the Didot
Didot
Didot is the name of a family of French printers, punch-cutters and publishers. Through its achievements and advancements in printing, publishing and typography, the family has lent its name to typographic measurements developed by François-Ambroise Didot and the Didot typeface developed by Firmin...
series, with Hesiod
Hesiod
Hesiod was a Greek oral poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic, an individual with a distinctive role to play. Ancient authors credited him and...
, etc.)