Ancient Greek Epigrams: Major Poets in Verse Translation

ISBN-13: 9780520265806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 272 str.

Gordon L Fain

Opis

After Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. This title offers a selection of the Greek epigrams. It showcases the poetry of nine poets, with many epigrams from "The Milan Papyrus". It provides an introduction describing the emergence of the epigram in Hellenistic Greece.