Kolluthos
Kolluthos from Lycopolis was an ancient Greek author. He lived under Emperor Anastasios I , at the turn of the 5th to the 6th century.
The rape of Helena ( Ἁρπαγὴ Ἑλένης ), a poem in 392 hexameters that imitates the style of Nonnos , has been handed down from his works . Other works ( Kalydoniaka , Enkomia , Persika ) have not survived.
Text editions and translations
- Tryphiodori et Colluthi carmina. Edited by Wilhelm Weinberger . Teubner, Leipzig 1896.
- Oppian, Colluthus, Tryphiodorus. Translation by Alexander W. Mair. Loeb Classical Library Vol. 219. Heinemann, London 1928.
- Kolluthos: Rape of Helena. Greek-German. Introduction, text, translation and comments by Otto Schönberger . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-88479-819-7
- Kolluthos: The robbery of Helena (Manuel Baumbach), in: Greek Kleinepik, ed. Manuel Baumbach, Horst Sitta, Fabian Zogg, Tusculum Collection , 2019 (Greek-German)
literature
- Cosetta Cadau: Studies in Colluthus' Abduction of Helen. Brill, Leiden 2015, ISBN 978-90-04-27950-6
- Fritz Fajen , Manfred Wacht: Concordantia Colluthi: Concordance on the "Robbery of Helena" by Kolluthos (ed. O. Schönberger). Olms, Hildesheim et al. 2003, ISBN 3-487-12519-6
Web links
Wikisource: Kolluthos - sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Kolluthos in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kolluthos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century or 6th century |