Ancient Greek lyrics / translated & annotated by Willis Barnstone ; introduction by William E. McCulloh ; drawings by Elli Tzalopoulou Barnstone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barnstone, Willis, 1927-

McCulloh, William E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek poetry--Translations into English.

Greek poetry.

Sappho--Translations into English.

Sappho.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ancient Greek Lyrics collects Willis Barnstone's elegant translations of Greek lyric poetry -- including the most complete Sappho in English, newly translated. This volume includes a representative sampling of all the significant poets, from Archilochos, in the 7th century BCE, through Pindar and the other great singers of the classical age, down to the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. William E. McCulloh's introduction illuminates the forms and development of the Greek lyric while Barnstone provides a brief biographical and literary sketch for each poet and adds a substantial introduction to Sappho -- revised for this edition -- complete with notes and sources. A glossary and updated bibliography are included.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface on Vagabond Songsters

Acknowledgments

Introduction by William E.McCulloh

A Note on Selections, Texts,and Translation by Willis Barnstone

THE GREEK PERIOD

Archilochos

Kallinos

Tyrtaios

Semonides

Terpandros

Alkman

Alkaios

Sappho

Elegiac Poems from the Greek Anthology Wrongly Attributed to Sappho

Solon

Mimnermos

Phokylides

Asios

Stesichoros

Ibykos

Hipponax

Anakreo

Xenophanes

Simonides

Lasos

Theognis

Apollodoros

Hipparchos

Korinna

Telesilla

Timokreon

Lamprokles

Pindaros (Pindar)

Bakchylides

Praxilla

Parrhasios

Hippon

Melanippides

Timotheos

Platon (Plato)

THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD

Diphilos

Anyte

Kallimachos

Theokritos

Leonidas of Tarentum

Asklepiades

Mnasalkas

Theodoridas

Moschos

Ariston

Meleagros

Bion

THE ROMAN PERIOD

Philodemos the Epicurean

Diodoros

Antipatros of Thessaloniki

Marcus Argentarius

Rufinus

Apollonides

Parmenion

Nikarchos

Lucillius

Leonidas of Alexandria

Traianus (The EmperorTrajan)

Ammianus

Loukianos (Lucian)

Dionysius Sophistes

Julianus (Julian the Apostate)

Aisopos

THE BYZANTINE PERIOD

Palladas

Julianus (Julian the Prefect of Egypt)

Paulus Silentiarius

Agathias Scholastikos

Damaskios

Julianus (Julian Antecessor)

AUTHORS AND ANONYMOUS WORKS OF INDEFINITE PERIOD

Glykon

Kallikteros

Ammonides

Diophanes of Myrina

The Anakreonteia

Miscellaneous

Folksongs

SAPPHO

Sappho: An Introduction

Testimonia

Sources and Notes

Glossary and Onomastic Index

Bibliography.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Sappho and the Greek lyric poets. New York : Schocken Books, c1988.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-53973-6

9786612539732

0-253-00389-X

OCLC:

607552620