Greek lyric poetry
Subtitle: a new translation
By: Sherod Santos.
Contributors: Santos, Sherod, 1948-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Greek poetry -- Translations into English.
Genres: Translations into English.
Description: This collection of classical lyric poems, translated by Sherod Santos, answers Dante Gabriel Rosetti's mandate that "The only true motive for putting poetry into a fresh language must be to endow a fresh nation...with one more possession of beauty." Arranged into four periods--Classical, Hellenic, Roman, and Early Byzantine--"Greek Lyric Poetry" features works by such ancient masters as Xenophanes, Callimachus, Plato, Sappho, and Simonides. These translations are addressed to the general reader as well to poets and lovers of poetry who may be curious about the marvelous slips and reconfigurations that occur when a poet in the present communes with poets in the past.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-188) and indexes.