The first poets : lives of the ancient Greek poets / Michael Schmidt
2005, 1st edition. New York : Alfred A Knopf. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420187
ISBN: 0375411208
Physical description; xxviii, 410 p. ; maps ; 25 cm. Notes; Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Orpheus of Thrace -- The legend poets -- Homer -- The Homeric Apocrypha -- The Iliad and the Odyssey -- Hesiod -- Archilochus of Paros -- Alcman of Sardis -- Mimnermus of Colophon -- Semonides of Amorgos -- Alcaeus of Mytilene -- Sappho of Eressus -- Theognis of Megara -- Solon of Athens -- Stesichorus of Himera -- Ibycus of Rhegion -- Anacreon of Teos -- Hipponax of Ephesus -- Simonides of Cos -- Corinna of Tanagra -- Pindar of Thebes -- Bacchylides of Cos -- Callimachus of Cyrene -- Apollonius of Rhodes -- Theocritus of Syracuse. Subjects; Poets, Greek ; Biography. Greek poetry History and criticism.
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