Greek lyric poetry : a commentary on selected larger pieces : Alcman, Stesichorus, Sappho, Alceaus, Ibycus, Anacreon, Simonides, Bacchylides, Pindar, Sophocles, Euripides / G.O. Hutchinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutchinson, G. O.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Greek poetry--History and criticism.

Greek poetry.

Greek poetry--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

xviii, 532 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

Summary:

This book presents a new text and a detailed commentary for many of the central pieces of Greek lyric poetry. The book joins textual and literary criticism of the poets together, providing a close and sustained analysis of important poems across the genre, and enables the reader to see in detail the development and diversity of a remarkable body of poetry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [468]-507) and indexes.

ISBN:

0199240175

OCLC:

46395240