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The Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 B.C.--greats such as Sappho, Anacreon, and Simonides--produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity. Their poetry was perfect in form, spontaneous in expression, and reflected all the joys and anxieties... Read Full Overview

The Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 BC - Archilochus and Alcman, Sappho and Mimnermus, Anacreon, Simonides, and the rest - produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity, perfect in form, spontaneous in expression, reflecting all the... Read Full Overview

The Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 B.C. (Archilochus and Alcman, Sappho and Mimnermus, Anacreon, Simonides, and the rest) produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity--perfect in form, spontaneous in expression, reflecting all the... Read Full Overview

A collection of translations of the Poems and fragments of the Greek Iambic, Elegiac and Melic poets (excluding Pindar and Bacchylides) down to 450BC', which includes Archilochus and Alcman, Sappho and Mimnermus, Anacreon, Simonides, and more. Not merely a collection, it covers... Read Full Overview