Ancient Greek epigrams : major poets in verse translation / Gordon L. Fain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fain, Gordon L.

Series:

The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Ancient Greek epigrams

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epigrams, Greek--Translations into English.

Epigrams, Greek.

Greek poetry--Translations into English.

Greek poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. Beginning with simple expressions engraved on stone, these poems eventually encompassed nearly every theme we now associate with lyric poetry in English. Many of the finest are on love and would later exert a profound influence on Latin love poets and, through them, on all the poetry of Europe and the West. This volume offers a representative selection of the best Greek epigrams in original verse translation. It showcases the poetry of nine poets (including one woman), with many epigrams from the recently discovered Milan papyrus. Gordon L. Fain provides an accessible general introduction describing the emergence of the epigram in Hellenistic Greece, together with short essays on the life and work of each poet and brief explanatory notes for the poems, making this collection an ideal anthology for a wide audience of readers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612660849

9781282660847

1282660845

9780520947764

0520947762

OCLC:

656359239