Greek elegiac poetry : from the seventh to the fifth centuries B.C. /

The greek poetry of the archaic period that we call elegy was composed primarily for banquets and convivial gatherings. Its subject matter consists of almost any topic, excluding only the scurrilous and obscene. In this completely new Loeb Classical Library edition, Douglas Gerber provides a faithfu...

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Other Authors:	Gerber, Douglas E. (Editor, Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Language Notes:	Translated from the Ancient Greek. Text in Greek with English translation on facing page.
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Series:	Loeb classical library ; 258.
Subjects:	Elegiac poetry, Greek > Translations into English. Greece > Poetry. Griechisch. Elegiac poetry, Greek. Greece. Elegies (Poetry) Poetry. Translations. Elegies.