Greek Lyric Poetry

Name: Greek Lyric Poetry
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ISBN: 9780192836786

ISBN-10: 0192836781

ISBN-13: 9780192836786

Edition: 1999 (Reprint)

Authors: M. L. West, M. L. West

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The Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 BC - Archilochus and Alcman, Sappho and Mimnermus, Anacreon, Simonides, and the rest - produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity, perfect in form, spontaneous in expression, reflecting all the joys and anxieties of their personal lives and of the societies in which they lived. This new poetic translation by a leading expert captures the nuances of meaning and the whole spirit of this poetry as never before. It is not merely a selection but covers all the surviving poems and intelligible fragments, apart from the works of Pindar and Bacchylides, and includes a number of pieces not previously translated. The…

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List price: $13.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/11/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



Introduction


Note on the Numeration of Fragments


Bibliographical Note


Seventh Century


Archilochus


Semonides


Callinus


Eumelus


Tyrtaeus


Mimnermus


Seventh to Sixth Century


Alcman


Sappho


Alcaeus or Sappho


Alcaeus


Theognis


Solon


Attributed to Homer: Margites


Aristoxenus


Sixth Century


Stesichorus


Ibycus


Anacreon


Lasus


Asius


Demodocus


Pythermus


Ananius


Hipponax


Sixth to Fifth Century


Anonymous Theognidea


Xenophanes


Simonides


Susarion


Appollodorus


Cydias


Pratinas


Anonymous Party Songs


Fifth Century


Telesilla


Timocreon


Euenus


Lamprocles


Attributed to Terpander


Praxilla


Anonymous Fragments (Various Dates)


Iambic Fragments


Elegiac Fragments


Melic Fragments


Work Songs


Play Songs


Ritual Songs


Explanatory Notes


Index of Poets