The Cambridge History of Classical Literature I
Subtitle: Greek Literature
Contributors: P. E. Easterling (Editor); Bernard M. W. Knox (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 30, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 960
ISBN-13: 9780521210423
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Language Arts & Disciplines; Greek Literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Language; Ancient and Classical; General; Greek literature--History and criticism; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; History and criticism
First sentence: The Greeks, who gave us the names, forms and classic models of tragedy, comedy, epic, lyric and pastoral poetry, and, in fact, of almost every literary genre known to the West, did not develop a system of writing adequate for the recording of literature until late in their history.