Sappho and the Greek Lyric Poets

by Willis Barnstone

Book Overview

Ancient Greek Lyrics collects Willis Barnstone's elegant translations of Greek lyric poetry--including the most complete Sappho in English, newly translated. This volume includes a representative... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805208313
• ISBN13: 9780805208313
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

The Best Manual Of the Greek Lyric

As a student of Greek Lyric poetry, I have spent many an hour in the library pouring over varying translations of many greek lyric poets. This book is by far the most complete, true-to-original book around; it has nearly all earth's remaining greek lyric from the Lyric Age, and, fankly, Barnstone's poems outstrip others in naked beauty. Those who are looking for Sappho--Each translator has thier strong poems and their weak ones, Barnstone, however, is strongest overall. His version of "To Anaktoria" is my favorite of all Sappho in translation.