Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Also included is an introduction offering a brief account of the poets, as well as explanatory notes on the texts.Ībout the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Return to Book Page Not the book you’re looking for Preview Greek Lyric Poetryby M.L. 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. Problem:It’s the wrong bookIt’s the wrong editionOther Details (if other): Cancel Thanks for telling us about the problem.
This new poetic translation by a leading expert captures the nuances of meaning and the whole spirit of this poetry as never before. West Greek Lyric Poetry Includes Sappho, Archilochus, Anacreon, Simonides and many more (Oxford Worlds Classics) Paperback 11 Sept.
Their poetry was perfect in form, spontaneous in expression, and reflected all the joys and anxieties of their personal lives and of the societies in which they lived. Greek Lyric Poetry: A Selection (New York 1967) 266 (ad Sappho 1.15): It is. 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.
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