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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Kolouthou Arpagē Helenēo = Coluthi Raptus Helenae''}}
===by Colluthus of Lycopolis===
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|editor=[[:Category:Johannes Daniel van Lennep|Johannes Daniel van Lennep]]
|publoc=[[:Category:Leeuwarden|Leovardiae]]
|publisher=Ex officina Gulielmi Coulon
|year=1747
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|desc=[[:Category:Octavos|8vo]] (21 cm.)
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}}Little is known about the classic poet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colluthus Colluthus] besides his birthplace of Lycopolis and his single extant work, the narrative poem ''The Rape of Helen'', a mythical story about Helen, the daughter of the god Zeus (or mortal father Tyndareus) and the mortal Leda.<ref>E. Harrison, reviewer. "''Oppian'', ''Colluthus'', ''Tryphiodorus'' by A. W. Mair; ''Athenaeus, ''the Deipnosophists'' by C. B. Gulick; ''Plutarch’s Moralia'' by F. C. Babbitt," ''The Classical Review'' 44, no. 2 (May 1930): 83.</ref>  The story revolves around Helen's abduction by Paris, when he took her from Sparta to Troy.<br/>
[[File:ColluthusKolouthouArpageHeleneo1747Headpiece.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text.</center>]]
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Included in a shipment sent by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to Wythe on September 16, 1787. The last two pages of the enclosed [[Thomas Jefferson to Wythe, 16 September 1787|letter]] list the "Contents of the box marked G.W." "Coluthi raptus Helenae" is among the titles in the section "for Mr. Wythe." The precise edition is unknown. This title may also be listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Quintus Coluthus. Gr. Lat. 8vo.", which Jefferson gave to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> puts the two references together and suggests the 1747 Greek and Latin edition of Kolouthou Arpagē Helenēo edited by Johannes Daniel van Lennep. [[Dean Bibliography|Dean's Memo]]<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 3 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> includes the same title and edition based on the Jefferson to Wythe letter. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe "Member: George Wythe"], accessed February 27, 2014.</ref> instead inteprets the Jefferson inventory entry as ''Koïntu Kalabru paraleipomenon Homeru, biblia tessareskaideka'' by Smyrnaeus Quintus while also including Kolouthou Arpagē Helenēo ("precise edition unknown") based on Jefferson's shipment to Wythe. The Wolf Law Library followed the recommendations of Brown and Dean and purchased the 1747 edition of ''Kolouthou Arpagē Helenēo''.

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in contemporary calf with gilt panels and decorative gilt double rule compartments on spine. Gilt label on black morocco leather.

Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157637448125665 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991024234399703196 William & Mary's online catalog.]

==See also==
*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]

==References==
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[[Category:Colluthus of Lycopolis]]
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]
[[Category:Greek Literature]]
[[Category:Johannes Daniel van Lennep]]
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]

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[[Category:Latin]]
[[Category:Leeuwarden]]
[[Category:Octavos]]