Sappho's lyre: archaic lyric and women poets of ancient Greece
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press ©1991
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201)
Archilochos -- Alkman -- Stesichoros -- Sappho -- Alkaios -- Ibykos -- Anakreon -- Simonides -- Korinna -- Telesilla -- Praxilla -- Erinna -- Anyte -- Nossis -- Moiro -- Hedyla -- Melinno
Sappho sang her poetry to the accompaniment of the lyre on the Greek island of Lesbos over 2500 years ago. Throughout the Greek world, her contemporaries composed lyric poetry full of passion, and in the centuries that followed the golden age of archaic lyric, new forms of poetry emerged. In this unique anthology, today's reader can enjoy the works of seventeen poets, including a selection of archaic lyric and the complete surviving works of the ancient Greek women poets-the latter appearing together in one volume for the first time. Sappho's Lyre is a combination of diligent research and poeti
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 207 pages)
ISBN:0520073355
0520073363
0520910966
0585139822
1282355864
9780520910966
9780585139821
9781282355866

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