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Greek: An Intensive
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Successfully integrating elegance & a close fidelity to the Greek these new translations aim to provide Greekless students with as close a sense as possible of how the Greeks themselves thought & wrote about the world Miller's skillful introduction places the works in historical context & briefly describes the different metrical forms represented in the selections Headnotes to each section highlight the background of the poet whose works follows Complete with a glossary of names & a select bibliography ...
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Greek Lyric Poetry: Includes Sappho, Archilochus, Anacreon,
Simonides And Many More By Oxford University Press (Paperback, ...

The Greek lyric elegiac and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 BC - Archilochus and Alcman Sappho and Mimnermus Anacreon Simonides and the rest - produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity perfect in form spontaneous in expression reflecting all the joys and anxieties of their personal lives and of the societies in which they lived This new poetic translation by a leading expert captures the nuances of meaning and the whole spirit of this poetry as never before It is not merely a selection but covers all the surviving poems and intelligible fragments apart from the works of Pindar and Bacchylides and includes a number of pieces not previously translated The Introduction gives a brief account of the poets and explanatory Notes on the texts will be found at the end ABOUT
THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more
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The Greek lyric elegiac & iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 BC
- Archilochus & Alcman Sappho & Mimnermus Anacreon Simonides & the rest
- produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity perfect in form spontaneous in expression reflecting all the joys & anxieties of their personal lives & of the societies in which they lived This new poetic translation by a leading expert captures the nuances of meaning & the whole spirit of this poetry as never before It is not merely a selection but covers all the surviving poems & intelligible fragments apart from the works of Pindar & Bacchylides &

Includes:: a number of pieces not previously translated The Introduction gives a brief account of the poets & explanatory Notes on the texts will be found at the end ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more

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