About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192836786ISBN:0192836781
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008-12-15
ISBN-13:9780199540396ISBN:019954039X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199540396ISBN:019954039X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 240 pages. The poems and fragments of the greek iambic elegiac and melic poets excluding pindar and bacchylide. 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 ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199540396ISBN:019954039X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196x129 mm. (240) 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 ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199540396ISBN:019954039X
Description: New. The Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 B.C. --greats such as Sappho, Anacreon, and Simonides--produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity. Their poetry was perfect in form, spontaneous in expression, and re... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199540396ISBN:019954039X
Description: New. The Poems and Fragments of the Greek Iambic Elegiac and Melic Poets excluding Pindar and Bacchylide. The Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 BC-Archilochus and Alcman, Sappho and Mimnermus, Anacreon, Simonides... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999-01
ISBN-13:9780192836786ISBN:0192836781
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