Greek Lyric II: Anacreon, Anacreontea, Choral Lyric from Olympis to Alcman (Loeb Classical Library No. 143) (Volume II) - Hardcover

Anacreon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674991583 ISBN 13: 9780674991583

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1988

Synopsis

The five volumes in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Greek Lyric contain the surviving fragments of solo and choral song. This poetry was not preserved in medieval manuscripts, and few complete poems remain. 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. The high quality of what remains makes us realise the enormity of our loss.

Volume I presents Sappho and Alcaeus. 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. 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 to the third century). Volume V contains the new school of poets active from the mid-fifth to the mid-fourth century and also collects folk songs, drinking songs, hymns, and other anonymous pieces.

About this title

About the Author:

David A. Campbell is Professor Emeritus of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0674991583
• ISBN 13: 9780674991583
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 560