Greek Lyric Poetry

Name: Greek Lyric Poetry
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ISBN: 9780198146933

ISBN-10: 0198146930

ISBN-13: 9780198146933

Edition: 1993

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 B.C. (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. Not merely a selection, it 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: $45.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/16/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 5.69" wide x 8.75" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Introduction
Note on the Numeration of Fragments
Bibliographical Note
Seventh Century
Archilochus	p. 1
Semonides	p. 16
Callinus	p. 21
Eumelus	p. 22
Tyrtaeus	p. 23
Mimnermus	p. 28
Seventh to Sixth Century
Alcman	p. 31
Sappho	p. 36
Alcaeus or Sappho	p. 49
Alcaeus	p. 50
Theognis	p. 64
Solon	p. 74
Attributed to Homer: Margites	p. 84
Aristoxenus	p. 85
Sixth Century
Stesichorus	p. 87
Ibycus	p. 96
Anacreon	p. 102
Lasus	p. 111
Asius	p. 112
Demodocus	p. 113
Pythermus	p. 114
Ananius	p. 115
Hipponax	p. 116
Sixth to Fifth Century
Anonymous Theognidea	p. 125
Xenophanes	p. 157
Simonides	p. 160
Susarion	p. 173
Apollodorus	p. 174
Cydias	p. 175
Pratinas	p. 176
Anonymous Party Songs	p. 177
Fifth Century
Telesilla	p. 181
Timocreon	p. 182
Euenus	p. 184
Lamprocles	p. 187
Attributed to Terpander	p. 188
Praxilla	p. 189
Anonymous Fragments (Various Dates)
Iambic Fragments	p. 191
Elegiac Fragments	p. 191
Melic Fragments	p. 193
Work Songs	p. 195
Play Songs	p. 196
Ritual Songs	p. 196
Explanatory Notes	p. 199
Index of Poets	p. 213
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