Pure pagan
Subtitle: seven centuries of Greek poems and fragments
By: selected and translated by Burton Raffel ; introduction by Guy Davenport
Contributors: Raffel, Burton.
Edition: Modern Library ed.
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 81
Subjects: Greek poetry -- Translations into English.; Greece -- Poetry.
Genres: Translations into English.; Poetry.
Description: Rarely translated works of great and prolific poets, such as Meleager, Anyte and Simonides, are largely unknown to modern readers. This collection provides humorous and philosophical ruminations of some of these poets of Ancient Greece and create a portrait of everyday life during ancient times.