Ancient Greek Epigrams - Major Poets in Verse Translation

Zusatztext "Crisp! clear! and written in 'accessible' English. . . . [Fain has made] another part of classical literature available to the general reader." Informationen zum Autor Gordon L. Fain is the author of Writing Epigrams: The Art of Composition in Catullus! Callimachus! and Martial and many articles on Greek and Latin poetry. Klappentext After Sappho but before the great Latin poets! the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. This title offers a selection of the Greek epigrams. It showcases the poetry of nine poets! with many epigrams from "The Milan Papyrus". It provides an introduction describing the emergence of the epigram in Hellenistic Greece. Zusammenfassung After Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. This title offers a selection of the Greek epigrams. It showcases the poetry of nine poets, with many epigrams from "The Milan Papyrus". It provides an introduction describing the emergence of the epigram in Hellenistic Greece. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1. Introduction to Ancient Greek Epigrams Chapter 2. Anyte Chapter 3. Leonidas of Tarentum Chapter 4. Asclepiades Chapter 5. Posidippus Chapter 6. Callimachus Chapter 7. Theocritus Chapter 8. Meleager Chapter 9. Philodemos Chapter 10. Lucillius Selected Bibliography Abbreviations Illustration Credits Index of First Lines

Product details

• Authors: Gordon L. Fain, Fain Gordon L.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2010
• EAN: 9780520265790
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26579-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Joan Palevsky Imprint in Class
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), Poetry anthologies (various poets), Ancient (Classical) Greek