 | Classical philology - 1926 - 426 pages
...generalization is that the language of Sappho, apart from certain poems that he classes as abnormal, is "nonliterary and represents, as nearly as the nature...the contemporary speech of her country and class," while that of Alcaeus contains an artificial or literary, a non-Aeolic element. It is out of the question... | |
 | Classical philology - 1926 - 422 pages
...generalization is that the language of Sappho, apart from certain poems that he classes as abnormal, is "nonliterary and represents, as nearly as the nature...the contemporary speech of her country and class," while that of Alcaeus contains an artificial or literary, a non-Aeolic element. It is out of the question... | |
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Lobel, says it is hard to resist the impression that her language was "nonliterary, and represents, as nearly as the nature of the case admits, the contemporary speech of her country and class. 