Greek Lyric, Volume II: Anacreon. Anacreontea. Early Choral Lyric [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by David A. Campbell and Anacreon

Precious snippets of ancient song.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
• ISBN: 0674991583
• ISBN13: 9780674991583
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.6" x 6.7"