Publisher's Synopsis
Coluthi Raptus Helenae est poema Graecum antiquum, quod auctore Collutho scriptum est. Opus narrat de raptu Helenae, uxoris Menelai, a Troiano principe Paris. Poema est compositum ex 392 versibus elegiacis et est una ex fabulis post Homericas. In libro, Paris Helenam rapit ex Sparta et Menelaus, maritus Helenae, et alii Graeci navigant ad Troiam, ut eam recuperent. Poema est plenum descriptionibus et similitudinibus poeticis, quae ornant narrationem. Colluthus est poeta Graecus, qui floruit saeculo IV post Christum natum. Coluthi Raptus Helenae est una ex eius operibus, quae ad nos pervenerunt.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.