The Introduction gives a brief account of the poets, and explanatory Notes on the texts will be found at the end.ĪBOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. 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. This new poetic translation by a leading expert captures the nuances of meaning and the whole spirit of this poetry as never before. 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, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.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. Also included is an introduction offering a brief account of the poets, as well as explanatory notes on the texts.Ībout the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Not merely a selection, it 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.

Their poetry was perfect in form, spontaneous in expression, and reflected all the joys and anxieties of their personal lives and of the societies in which they lived. The Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 B.C.-greats such as Sappho, Anacreon, and Simonides-produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity.

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