Peter Bing, The Scroll and the Marble. Studies in Reading and Reception in Hellenistic Poetry / The Well-Read Muse. Present and Past in Callimachus and the Hellenistic Poets

One of the most prominent figures in American Hellenistic poetry scholarship, Peter Bing, has long served as a model for acute criticism and careful reading. He has a marvelous ability to make readers rethink their preconceptions; his work is always beautifully argued and documented and his writing style is a pleasure to engage with. He was one of the scholars who figured prominently in the reawakening of interest in Hellenistic poetry that occured in the 1980’s and 1990’s; a consistent and e...