Simon Hornblower is a Former Senior Research Fellow in Classical Studies at All Souls College, Oxford.

The volume not only fills an important gap in the scholarship in supplying a modern full-length commentary on the Alexandra, but begins to address the imbalance both in the briefer commentaries and in the more literary scholarship on Lycophron. Additionally, the introduction and the commentary make important contributions to the discourses on the date of the poem, its relations to Greek religion as evidenced in the literary and epigraphical records, and the relationship of the poem to the mythology surrounding Greek colonialism ... This commentary promises to open up the Alexandra to new audiences, particularly in Greek history and religion, and to be a cornerstone of the scholarship on Lycophron going forward.

• Preface ; List of Figures ; List of Maps ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Synopsis of the Alexandra ; Sigla ; Text and Translation of the Alexandra, with Commentary ; Appendix: the Anapaestic Kassandra Poem, P. Berol. 9775 ; Bibliography ; Index

Simon Hornblower is a Former Senior Research Fellow in Classical Studies at All Souls College, Oxford.

The volume not only fills an important gap in the scholarship in supplying a modern full-length commentary on the Alexandra, but begins to address the imbalance both in the briefer commentaries and in the more literary scholarship on Lycophron. Additionally, the introduction and the commentary make important contributions to the discourses on the date of the poem, its relations to Greek religion as evidenced in the literary and epigraphical records, and the relationship of the poem to the mythology surrounding Greek colonialism ... This commentary promises to open up the Alexandra to new audiences, particularly in Greek history and religion, and to be a cornerstone of the scholarship on Lycophron going forward.

• Preface ; List of Figures ; List of Maps ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Synopsis of the Alexandra ; Sigla ; Text and Translation of the Alexandra, with Commentary ; Appendix: the Anapaestic Kassandra Poem, P. Berol. 9775 ; Bibliography ; Index