7 Greeks"Overall, this volume will afford great pleasure to scholars, teachers, and also those who simply love to watch delightful souls disport themselves in language."—Anne Carson Here is a colorful variety pf works by seven Greek poets and philosophers who lived from the eighth to the third centuries BC. Salvaged from shattered pottery vases and tattered scrolls of papyrus, everything decipherable from the remains of these ancient authors is assembled here. From early to later, the collection contains: Archilochos; Sappho; Alkman; Anakreon; the philosophers Herakleitos and Diogenes; and Herondas. This composite of fragments translated by Guy Davenport is the most complete collection of its kind ever to appear in one volume. |
Contents
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ARCHILOCHOS 7th century BC | 23 |
SAPPHO 7th century BC | 69 |
ALKMAN 7th century BC | 117 |
ANAKREON 6th century BC | 136 |
HERAKLEITOS 5th century BC | 158 |
DIOGENES 5th century BC | 172 |
HERONDAS 3rd century BC | 185 |
Notes | 231 |
Common terms and phrases
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