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Song of Eros : Ancient Greek Love Poems.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nystrom, Bradley P., TR.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Love poetry, Greek--Translations into English.
- Love poetry, Greek.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (128 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale, IL, USA Southern Illinois University Press 20090301
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of new translations of eighty poems provides a pleasant, thought-provoking reminder of love s vagaries as captured through the wit, charm, and insight of the master poets of antiquity. All the emotions and experiences associated with love rejection, infatuation, ecstasy, desperation, loneliness are rendered accessible to contemporary readers through this lively, modern, yet faithful English translation of works that date from the seventh century B.C.to the sixth century A.D.Illustrations accompany the poetry of Plato, Sappho, Stratto, Meleagros, and others, capturing both the flavor of the age and the theme of the texts. "
- Contents:
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- The Poems
- The Poets
- Index to the Greek Texts
- Author Bio
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-282-13904-5
- 9786613808332
- 0-8093-8684-4
- OCLC:
- 44961830
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