This is a full-scale edition with commentary of the archaic epic poems Oichalias Halosis by
Kreophylos of Samos and Herakleia by Peisandros of Kamiros. The Greek text (divided between
testimonies and fragments) is accompanied by detailed critical apparatus and English
translation. There are also extensive introductions to the biography of each poet the title of
the poem its content and style as well as a careful examination of the relative chronology of
each epic. The detailed commentary of every fragment offers an up-to-date examination of all
the extant material that has come down to us through a rich indirect tradition. This is the
second installment of the project Early Greek Epic Poets (vol. I: Genealogical and Antiquarian
Epic De Gruyter 2017) which aims to enhance the study of Greek epic poetry of the archaic and
classical period by means of providing readers with authoritative editions and commentaries of
a significant part of fragmentary early Greek epic.
