A Garden of Greek Verse: Poems of Ancient Greece

by Frances Lincoln

Book Overview

Odes, hymns, and lyrics from many of Greece's most noted classical poets--including Homer, Hesiod, Sappho, Sophocles, and Euripides--are beautifully illustrated here with details of ancient Greek frescoes, vase paintings, and sculptures. Over the centuries, celebrated writers such as George Chapman, Mary Barnard, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, and W. B. Yeats have been inspired to create contemporary translations of these enduring verses. In this volume...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892366095
• ISBN13: 9780892366095
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.7"