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Suggests that Apollonius' Hypsipyle provides a key model for the understanding of the tragedy of Dido in "Aeneid 4." Definition of the word exuviae and velamen; Information on a series of elaborately-woven cloth gifts which are linked to each other through close verbal correspondence; Association of Hypsipyle with gifts of textiles.

Looks at the early third century inscription of Isyllos of Epidauros, discovered in 1885 in a sanctuary of Asklepios based on the background of early Hellenistic poetics in general. Background on the text of the inscription; General remarks on the poetics of Isyllos; Basic devices used by Hellenistic poets.

Traces Vergil's engagement with Callimachean poetic metaphors in Eclogue 8. Relevance of lines 6-13 to the poem as a whole; Information on the dedicatory verses that reveal a fairly intense interest in literary genres; Encounter with tragedy in the reference to the addressee's Sophoclean verse.

Analyzes the tragic intertexts of Lycophron's "Alexandra" and reveals an engagement of profound complexity and importance for the understanding of the work. Depiction on the text of "Alexandra" as a long monologue delivered by a single character; Link of the poem to Euripides' "Trojan Women"; Overview of the semantic tragic elements in "Alexandra"; Background on "Alexandra's" tragic elements in speech.

Offers a close reading of the epigram Asclepiades 33 Gow-Page (AP 13.23) where both clever manipulation of literary topoi and sensitive investigation of the complexities of the human condition can be found. Expectations generated by the opening address to the anonymous passerby in the beginning of AP 13.23; Implication of the symmetry of the poem; Background on the most common features of inscribed and literary epitaphs.

Discusses the language of the remains of the "Foundation of Lesbos" (LK) preserved by Parthenius and often attributed to Apollonius Rhodius, with particular emphasis on the Homeric intertext. Information on the ring composition of the Foundation of Lesbos; List of different sacks where the preserved lines of LK seem in turn to be indebted to and to allude to; Resemblances between LK characters Briseis and Peisidike.

Presents an analysis of the epigram AP 12.52 which elucidates Meleager's epigrammatic style. Purpose of the poem; Illustration of the type of propemptic language that Meleager varies in the opening couplet; Information on several erotic wishes that were depicted in the poem.

Discusses the poem twenty-fifth Idyll (Idyll 25) in the Theocritean corpus. Narrative complications that readers are obliged to cope with in Idyll 25; Examination of the opening verse of the poem; Introduction of Augeas as an actor in the drama in verse 108 of the poem; Word that accomplished the second phase of narrative disorientation at the conclusion of verse 110; Problems encountred with the presence of a name in the poem.

Argues that author R. Pfeiffer's fragment 680 of Callimachus should be attributed to his Galatea and that the person in question, the man who was acquainted with Alcathous, was Idomeneus, King of Crete. Prized offered by Megareus to whoever killed the Cithaeron lion; Information on the sons born to Polyphemus and Galatea according to a genealogy recorded by contemporary historian Timaeus.

Discusses the fragmentary remains of Hellenistic encomiastic elegy and a background to the Aetia prologue of Callimachus. Origins of narrative elegies; Important feature of the Galatian Wars; Comparison between Galatians and Persians according to Greek sources.

Looks at the use of direct speech in Callimachus' "Hymns" and "Aetia" and outlines ways in which he uses it to draw attention to important themes and incidents. Discussion of the occurrence of direct speech in "Hymns"; Information on several indications that the story of Heracles and Molorcus in "Victoria Berenices" contained a great deal of direct speech; Comparison of the use of direct speech between Callimachus' "Hymns" and the "Homeric Hymns."

Discusses the Linus song in Greek poetry. Occurrence of the performance on the shield of Achilles within the Iliad; Information on the strongest link between Homer's vignette and Callimachus' text; Association of the Linus or Linus song with Phoenician or Egyptian song.

Introduces a series of articles about Hellenistic subjects, including the use of direct speech in Callimachus' Hymns and Aetia.