Author: THOMPSON,DOROTHY BURR
Title: Swans and Amber : Some Early Greek Lyrics, Freely Adapted and Translated
Description: Toronto, University of Toronto Press. 1948, 1st.Can Ed.. Hardcover. Book, Anthology of Greek Lyric poems " From papyrus rolls, copied and recycled through the centuries, hundreds of short extracts written by Greek poets in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. survive."This lovely collection, translated into English by a leading classicist, presents a selection of ca. 100 poems by 17 authors with useful historical introductions. 193p. illus. maps on end papers.(The author was an archaeologist involved in the excavations of the Athenian Agora with her husband Homer Thompson, and was also a former Acting Director of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto). Fine/No Jacket.

Keywords: Greece Greek Literature Poetry Lyric Greek Poetry - Ancient


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