Greek Elegy and Iambus - A Selection

A selection of the work of ten poets with detailed introduction and linguistic, literary and cultural commentary suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, but also of interest to scholars. Includes some major pieces, such as the recently discovered Plataea elegy of Simonides and Telephus elegy of Archilochus.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Elegy and iambus as poetic forms; 2. Performance and mobility; 3. Poets and personae; 4. Society and culture; 5. Language, style, metre; 6. Transmission of the text; Greek elegy and Iambus: A Selection: Archilochus; Semonides; Callinus; Tyrtaeus; Mimnermus; Solon; Theognis; Xenophanes; Hipponax; Simonides; Commentary.

About the author

William Allan is McConnell Laing Fellow in Classical Languages and Literature at University College, Oxford. His publications include an edition in the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series of Euripides' Helen (2008).

Product details

• Authors: William Allan, William (Mcconnell Laing Fellow and Tutor i Allan
• Assisted by: William Allan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781107122994
• ISBN: 978-1-107-12299-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), Translation & interpretation, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Poetry anthologies (various poets), Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Translation and interpretation