The Stanzaic Architecture of Early Greek Elegy

by Christopher A. Faraone

In this study of poetic form in early Greek elegy, Christopher A. Faraone argues against the prevailing assumption that it was a genre of stichic poetry derived from or dependent on epic verse. Faraone emphasizes the fact that early elegiac poets composed their songs to the tune of an aulos (a kind of oboe) and used a five-couplet stanza as a basic unit of composition. He points out how knowledge of the elegiac stanza can give us insight into how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199236984
• ISBN13: 9780199236985
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"