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Greek Lyrics

"Professor Lattimore, holding closely to the original metres, has produced renderings of great power and beauty. His feeling for the telling noun and verb, the simple yet poignant epithet, and the dramatic turn of syntax is marked. He has completely freed the poems from sentimentality, and the thrilling ancient names — Anacreon, Alcaeus, Simonides, Sappho — acquire fresh brilliance and vitality under his hand." — Louise Bogan, The New Yorker

"The significant quality of Mr. Lattimore's versions is that they are pure. The lenses he provides are as clear as our language is capable of making them." — Moses Hadas, N.Y. Herald Tribune

Contents:

Archílochus

Callínus

Semónides of Amórgos

Hippónax

Tyrtaéus

Mimnérmus

Solon

Phocýlides

Xenóphanes

Theógnis

Early Metrical Inscriptions

Terpánder

Alcman

Stesíchorus

íbycus

Sappho

Alcaéus

Anácreon

Anonymous Drinking Songs

Hýbrias

Praxílla

Anonymous Lyrics

Corínna

Simónides of Ceos

Pindar

Bacchýlides

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 82
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780226469447
  • Genres
  • poetry, classics, greece, fiction, language, anthologies
  • Release date
  • 1960