Greek LyricPevná vazba
Greek LyricPevná vazba The five volumes in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Greek Lyric contain the surviving fragments of solo and choral song. Later writers quoted from the poets, but only so…
Specifikacia Greek LyricPevná vazba
Greek LyricPevná vazba
The five volumes in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Greek Lyric contain the surviving fragments of solo and choral song. Later writers quoted from the poets, but only so much as suited their needs; these quotations are supplemented by papyrus texts found in Egypt, most of them badly damaged. This poetry was not preserved in medieval manuscripts, and few complete poems remain.
Volume II contains the work of Anacreon, composer of solo song; the Anacreontea; and the earliest writers of choral poetry, notably the seventh-century Spartans Alcman and Terpander. The high quality of what remains makes us realise the enormity of our loss.Volume I presents Sappho and Alcaeus. Stesichorus, Ibycus, Simonides, and other sixth-century poets are in Volume III.
Bacchylides and other fifth-century poets are in Volume IV along with Corinna (although some argue that she belongs