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illustrations
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ISBN:
0520265793
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0520265807
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0520947762
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9780520265790
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9780520265806
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9780520947764
Serie:
The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Inhalt:
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
Inhalt:
Introduction to ancient Greek epigrams -- Anyte -- Leonidas of Tarentum -- Asclepiades -- Posidippus -- Callimachus -- Theocritus -- Meleager -- Philodemos -- Lucillius
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index
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Translated from the Greek
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ISBN 9780520265790
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ISBN 0520265793
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ISBN 9780520265806
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ISBN 0520265807
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ancient Greek epigrams Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Epigrams, Greek
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Greek poetry, Hellenistic
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