| Description |
1 online resource (x, 252 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
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Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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| Contents |
Introduction to ancient Greek epigrams -- Anyte -- Leonidas of Tarentum -- Asclepiades -- Posidippus -- Callimachus -- Theocritus -- Meleager -- Philodemos -- Lucillius |
| Summary |
After Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. Beginning with simple expressions engraved on stone, these poems eventually encompassed nearly every theme we now associate with lyric poetry in English. Many of the finest are on love and would later exert a profound influence on Latin love poets and, through them, on all the poetry of Europe and the West. This volume offers a representative selection of the best Greek epigrams in original verse translation. It showcases the poetry of nine poets (including one woman), with m |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the Greek |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Greek anthology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81013534
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Greek anthology fast |
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Epigrams, Greek -- Translations into English
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Greek poetry -- Translations into English
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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Epigrams, Greek
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Greek poetry
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Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures.
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Languages & Literatures.
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| Genre/Form |
Epigrams, Greek
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Greek poetry, Hellenistic
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Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fain, Gordon L.
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| LC no. |
2009042975 |
| ISBN |
9780520947764 |
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0520947762 |
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