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Sappho's Lyre : Archaic Lyric and Women Poets of Ancient Greece
Overview
Sappho sang her poetry to the accompaniment of the lyre on the Greek island of Lesbos over 2500 years ago. Throughout the Greek world, her contemporaries composed lyric poetry full of passion, and in the centuries that followed the golden age of archaic lyric, new forms of poetry emerged. In this unique anthology, today's reader can enjoy the works of seventeen poets from the seventh to second centuries B.C., including a selection of archaic lyric and the complete surviving works of the ancient Greek women poets--the latter appearing together in one volume for the first time.
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- ISBN-13: 9780520073364
- ISBN-10: 0520073363
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publish Date: August 1991
- Dimensions: 8.22 x 6.51 x 0.79 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.82 pounds
- Page Count: 234
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