Publisher's Synopsis
Coluthi Raptus Helenae est poema Graecum, quod auctore Collutho scriptum est. In hoc carmine, narratur de raptu Helenae, uxoris Menelai, a Troiano principe Paris. Poema est in hexametro versu scriptum et constat ex 392 versus. Opus est eximium in litteris Graecis et in poesi Alexandrina. Colluthus, auctor huius carminis, floruit saeculo V post Christum et fuit discipulus Nonni Panopolitani. Carminis argumentum est de fuga Helenae cum Paris in Troiam et de bello Troiano, quod sequitur. Poema est una ex fontibus mythologicis, quae de bello Troiano narrabant. Hoc opus est lectu dignum et valde aestimandum inter classicos scriptores Graecos.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.
