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by Richmond Lattimore

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A collection of more than one hundred poems and poetic fragments from the golden age of Greek Lyric poetry.

In this second edition of Greek Lyrics, translator and editor Richmond Lattimore brings together a vast assortment of seventh-and sixth-century Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poetry. For the Greekless student or curious scholar, these translations showcase the diversity of poetic subjects in classical antiquity, which range from love poems to medical inscriptions and drinking songs. Gracefully and robustly translated by a number of top-tier translators, this volume includes poets such as Archlochus, Callnus, Semnides of Amrgos, Hippnax, Tyrtaus, Mimnrmus, Solon, Phoclides, Xenphanes, Thegnis, Terpnder, Alcman, Steschorus, bycus, Sappho, Alcaus, Ancreon, Hbrias, Praxlla, Cornna, Simnides of Ceos, Pindar, and Bacchlides.

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Enlarged edition with more than a hundred poems and poetic fragments from the great age of Greek lyric poetry - in robust and graceful modern translation.

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  • Title Greek Lyrics, Second Edition: More than a Hundred Poems and Poetic Fragments from the Great Age of Greek Lyric Poetry
  • Author Richmond Lattimore
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised
  • Pages 100
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Publication date 1960-09-15
  • ISBN 9780226469447 / 0226469441
  • Weight 0.22 lbs (0.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.26 x 0.22 in (20.32 x 13.36 x 0.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress subjects Greece, Greek poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 60051619
  • Dewey Decimal Code 881.010
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