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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 m.
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monografia Rebiun04575612 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun04575612 m o d s cr mn| 091021s2010 caua ob s001 0 eng d 9780520947764 0520947762 9780520265790 0520265793 9780520265806 0520265807 UPVA 997921064103706 UAM 991008019654204211 CBUC 991001014918906712 CBUC 991010889742806709 CDX. eng. CDX. OCLCQ. NT. EBLCP. YDXCP. OSU. OCLCQ. MHW. IDEBK. E7B. OCLCQ. TEFOD. OCLCQ. JSTOR. UNAV eng. grc 881/.0108 22 Ancient Greek epigrams Recurso electrónico] major poets in verse translation Gordon L. Fain Berkeley University of California Press c2010 Berkeley Berkeley University of California Press x, 252 p. il x, 252 p. EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 235-241) e índice Introduction to ancient Greek epigrams -- Anyte -- Leonidas of Tarentum -- Asclepiades -- Posidippus -- Callimachus -- Theocritus -- Meleager -- Philodemos -- Lucillius 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 m. Forma de acceso: World Wide Web Translated from the Greek Fain, Gordon L.