Greek Lyric Poetry [Hardcover]

Willis Barnstone (Translator)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 310 pages
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (August 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805203397
• ISBN-13: 978-0805203394
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,127,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the better collections of lyric poetry, June 26, 2003

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BRIAN M. STANSBERRY (Cookeville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greek Lyric Poetry (Hardcover)

This book contains an excellent selection of lyric poetry, spanning the entire classical period starting with Archilochus in 7th-century B.C. and ending with the Byzantine Paulus Silentarius in the 6th-century A.D. The topics are also well-varied, from war to women, from high virtue to the downright debaucherous.

Good for the "ADD" reader, who shuns long passages. Most selections are 2-10 lines long.