Greek Lyric - A Selection

Full and up-to-date commentary on a varied selection of poems from the attractive corpus of Greek lyric.

List of contents

List of maps; Preface; Conventions and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Definitions and perspectives; 2. Charting the corpus; 3. Genre and genres; 4. Performers, authors and the lyric voice; 5. Relationship with epic; 6. Dissemination and transmission; 7. Metre; 8 Dialect; Greek lyric: a selection: Alcman, Alcaeus, Sappho, Stesichorus, Ibycus, Anacreon, Simonides, Timotheus, Anonymous song; Commentary; Works cited; Index.

About the author

Felix Budelmann is University Lecturer in Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow at Magdalen College. He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Greek Lyric (2009).

Summary

Provides a varied selection from the attractive corpus of Greek lyric, including well-known as well as some lesser studied poems. The original Greek text is accompanied by a commentary and a detailed introduction. The volume will be of interest to advanced undergraduates and graduate students as well as to scholars.

Product details

• Authors: Felix Budelmann, Felix (University of Oxford) Budelmann
• Assisted by: Felix Budelmann (Editor), Felix (University of Oxford) Budelmann (Editor), Budelmann Felix (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780521633871
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63387-1
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets