A handbook of Greek literature, from Homer to the age of Lucian.
Edition: [4th ed.] [4th ed. rev.]
Publisher: Methuen
Published: 1961
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 458
Subjects: Greek literature -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliography.
Table of contents: title: People and language : writing -- Homer and the ancient epic -- Hesiod and the Hesiodic schools -- Personal poetry : elegiacs, iambics, solo lyrics -- Choral lyric : Terpandros – Bakchylides -- Athens and the drama -- Euripides and the minor tragedians -- Comedy -- Classical prose -- Hellenistic poetry -- Philosophy, rhetoric and history -- Science, scholarship, criticism -- Greek literature in the empire.