Author: MUSAIOS GRAMMATICUS, THEOGNIS , [NOVAKOVA. JULIE TRANS]
Title: Hero a Leandros + Z Myslenek Theognidovich + Verse na Bozloucenou
Description: Prague, Ve Svoboda. 1974, First Thus. Soft cover. Book, Three translations from Greek by Julie Novakova [1] Musaios- Hero a Leandros The verse novella Héró and Leandros, a poetic adaptation of the folk legend about Romeo and Juliet of antiquity, is the work of the otherwise unknown scholar Músáio from the 5th century and is "the last rose in the withering garden of Greek poetry". The translator replaced the hexameter of the original with a Machian relaxed alexandrine [2] Theognis- Z myslenek Theognidovich "Theognis lived in the middle of the 6th century. ex. n. 1. in Megara. Although he lived the bitter fate of a penniless outlaw wandering the world, he was able to optimistically understand the joys of life. A collection of short elegies survived under his name, which was later expanded with similar verses by other poets. In some of the collection's couplets, Theognis gives life advice to his young friend Kyrn" [3] Verse na Bozloucenou= Elegies. 79p. [Only ONE copy found in Wordcat]. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: Greek Literature Ancient Musaios Grammaticus, Theognis Elegies Books in Czech Greek Poetry - Ancient Books in Czech


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