Sappho's lyre : archaic lyric and women poets of ancient Greece /

Sappho sang her poetry to the accompaniment of the lyre on the Greek island of Lesbos over 2500 years ago. Throughout the Greek world, her contemporaries composed lyric poetry full of passion, and in the centuries that followed the golden age of archaic lyric, new forms of poetry emerged. In this un...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Rayor, Diane J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1991.
Subjects:
Sappho > Translations into English.
Sappho > Traductions anglaises.
Sappho.
Greek poetry > Translations into English.
Greek poetry > Women authors > Translations into English.
Women and literature > Greece.
Poésie grecque > Anthologies > Traductions anglaises.
Femmes et littérature > Grèce.
Écrits de femmes grecs > Traductions anglaises.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Greek poetry.
Greek poetry > Women authors.
Women and literature.
Greece.
Greek poetry
Lyric poetry
Translations.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Sappho sang her poetry to the accompaniment of the lyre on the Greek island of Lesbos over 2500 years ago. Throughout the Greek world, her contemporaries composed lyric poetry full of passion, and in the centuries that followed the golden age of archaic lyric, new forms of poetry emerged. In this unique anthology, today's reader can enjoy the works of seventeen poets, including a selection of archaic lyric and the complete surviving works of the ancient Greek women poets-the latter appearing together in one volume for the first time. Sappho's Lyre is a combination of diligent research and poeti.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 207 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201).
ISBN:9780520910966
0520910966
0585139822
9780585139821

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