Greek Elegy and Iambus

Herausgegeben:Allan, William

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A selection of the work of ten poets with detailed introduction and linguistic, literary and cultural commentary suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, but also of interest to scholars. Includes some major pieces, such as the recently discovered Plataea elegy of Simonides and Telephus elegy of Archilochus.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781107559974
• ISBN-10: 1107559979
• Artikelnr.: 56880515

Autorenporträt

Allan, William§William Allan is McConnell Laing Fellow in Classical Languages and Literature at University College, Oxford. His publications include an edition in the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series of Euripides' Helen (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Elegy and iambus as poetic forms; 2. Performance and mobility; 3. Poets and personae; 4. Society and culture; 5. Language, style, metre; 6. Transmission of the text; Greek elegy and Iambus: A Selection: Archilochus; Semonides; Callinus; Tyrtaeus; Mimnermus; Solon; Theognis; Xenophanes; Hipponax; Simonides; Commentary.