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    Which writer said, "A big book is a big evil," and to which writer was he directing this attack?

    Question #74543. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Jan 14 07 10:18 PM)


    lanfranco

    		That'll be the poet Callimachus, in opposition to Homer:


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callimachus

    Jan 14 07, 10:38 PM
    tragic_flawed

    		Callimachus was correct- but not to Homer- it was to Apollonius of Rhodes' "Argonautica" http://www.chlt.org/sandbox/perseus/mooney/page.0.a.php

    Jan 14 07, 11:34 PM
    lanfranco

    		Except that the supposed "quarrel" between Callimachus and Apollonius is widely considered to be a myth.

    The notion of competition between writers, artists, an other major cultural figures of the past became quite popular among late-19th and early 20th-century scholars. It was an excellent way to order cultural history and to teach it to students.

    I'm working on a book on the subject in art history:


    http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/callimac.htm

    Jan 15 07, 7:19 PM

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