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Sappho's lyre : archaic lyric and women poets of ancient Greece / Diane J. Rayor.
De Gruyter University of California Press eBook-Package Archive Pre-2000 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rayor, Diane J., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sappho--Translations into English.
- Sappho.
- Greek poetry--Translations into English.
- Greek poetry.
- Greek poetry--Women authors--Translations into English.
- Women and literature--Greece.
- Women and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1991]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 poetic artistry. The translations are based on the most recent discoveries of papyri (including "new" Archilochos and Stesichoros) and the latest editions and scholarship. The introduction and notes provide historical and literary contexts that make this ancient poetry more accessible to modern readers.Although this book is primarily aimed at the reader who does not know Greek, it would be a splendid supplement to a Greek language course. It will also have wide appeal for readers of' ancient literature, women's studies, mythology, and lovers of poetry.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- MAP
- INTRODUCTION
- ARCHILOCHOS
- ALKMAN
- STESICHOROS
- SAPPHO
- ALKAIOS
- IBYKOS
- ANAKREON
- SIMONIDES
- KORINNA
- TELESILLA
- PRAXILLA
- ERINNA
- ANYTE
- NOSSIS
- MOIRO
- HEDYLA
- MELINNO
- ABBREVIATIONS
- NOTES
- SELECT BIBILIOGRAPHY
- NUMERATION TABLE
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786612355868
- 9781282355866
- 1282355864
- 9780520910966
- 0520910966
- 9780585139821
- 0585139822
- OCLC:
- 43476887
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