THOMAS J. NELSON is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford and Junior Research Fellow in Classics at Wolfson College, Oxford. He has published widely on archaic, classical and Hellenistic Greek literature.

'The thesis of this book is big and important. … Well produced, meticulously researched, and generally free of infelicities and errors, Nelson's book is mandatory reading for Hellenists and Latinists alike and undoubtedly will remain a fixture in bibliographies for many years to come.' Jason S. Nethercut, American Journal of Philology

• I. Introduction; II. The Pre-Alexandrian footnote; III. Poetic Memory; IV. Time for allusion; V. Epilogue.

THOMAS J. NELSON is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford and Junior Research Fellow in Classics at Wolfson College, Oxford. He has published widely on archaic, classical and Hellenistic Greek literature.

'The thesis of this book is big and important. … Well produced, meticulously researched, and generally free of infelicities and errors, Nelson's book is mandatory reading for Hellenists and Latinists alike and undoubtedly will remain a fixture in bibliographies for many years to come.' Jason S. Nethercut, American Journal of Philology

• I. Introduction; II. The Pre-Alexandrian footnote; III. Poetic Memory; IV. Time for allusion; V. Epilogue.

THOMAS J. NELSON is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford and Junior Research Fellow in Classics at Wolfson College, Oxford. He has published widely on archaic, classical and Hellenistic Greek literature.

'The thesis of this book is big and important. … Well produced, meticulously researched, and generally free of infelicities and errors, Nelson's book is mandatory reading for Hellenists and Latinists alike and undoubtedly will remain a fixture in bibliographies for many years to come.' Jason S. Nethercut, American Journal of Philology

• I. Introduction; II. The Pre-Alexandrian footnote; III. Poetic Memory; IV. Time for allusion; V. Epilogue.