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Ancient Greek Epigrams: Major Poets in Verse Translation Gordon L. Fain
Ancient Greek Epigrams: Major Poets in Verse Translation
Gordon L. Fain
After Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. This title offers a selection of the Greek epigrams. It showcases the poetry of nine poets, with many epigrams from "The Milan Papyrus". It provides an introduction describing the emergence of the epigram in Hellenistic Greece.
272 pages, 12 line illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 2, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520265790 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 20 mm · 544 g |