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Book SynopsisCollects Willis Barnstone's translations of Greek lyric poetry - including the most complete Sappho in English. This book includes a representative sampling of significant poets, from Archilochos, in the 7th century BCE, through Pindar and the other great singers of the classical age, down to the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods.
Trade ReviewArmed with this book a teacher can more readily convince the Greekless that Greek lyric poetry was one of the supreme achievements of literary history.
* The Classical Bulletin *
There have been many translations of Sappho's work by gifted and well-meaning writers. . . . None quite connects the shards and fragments with the same satisfying verve and flair as Willis Barnstone. Barnstone is one of the greatest translators of literary expression from a foreign language into English.
* New Letters *
With the work of more than seventy poets from the Greek, Hellenistic, Byzantine, and Roman periods, the distinguished translator Willis Barnstone offers us a very rich selection. ...William E. McCulloh's fine introduction traces the development of the Greek lyric, while Barnstone's notes on the poets provide valuable contexts. It is hard to conceive of a more satisfying anthology than this . . . .Jan./Feb. 2010
-- Peter Skinner * ForeWord *
Table of ContentsPreface on Vagabond Songsters
Acknowledgments
Introduction by William E. McCulloh
A Note on Selections, Texts, and Translation by Willis Barnstone
THE GREEK PERIOD
Archilochos
Kallinos
Tyrtaios
Semonides
Terpandros
Alkman
Alkaios
Sappho
Solon
Mimnermos
Phokylides
Asios
Stesichoros
Ibykos
Hipponax
Anakreon
Xenophanes
Simonides
Lasos
Theognis
Apollodoros
Hipparchos
Korinna
Telesilla
Timokreon
Lamprokles
Pindaros (Pindar)
Bakchylides
Praxilla
Parrhasios
Hippon
Melanippides
Timotheos
Platon (Plato)
THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
Diphilos
Anyte
Kallimachos
Theokritos
Leonidas of Tarentum
Asklepiades
Mnasalkas
Theodoridas
Moschos
Ariston
Meleagros
Bion
THE ROMAN PERIOD
Philodemos the Epicurean
Diodoros
Antipatros of Thessaloniki
Marcus Argentarius
Rufinus
Apollonides
Parmenion
Nikarchos
Lucillius
Leonidas of Alexandria
Traianus (The Emperor Trajan)
Ammianus
Loukianos (Lucian)
Dionysius Sophistes
Julianus (Julian the Apostate)
Aisopos
THE BYZANTINE PERIOD
Palladas
Julianus (Julian the Prefect of Egypt)
Paulus Silentiarius
Agathias Scholastikos
Damaskios
Julianus (Julian Antecessor)
AUTHORS AND ANONYMOUS WORKS OF INDEFINITE PERIOD
Glykon
Kallikteros
Ammonides
Diophanes of Myrina
The Anakreonteia
Miscellaneous
Folksongs
SAPPHO
Sappho: An Introduction
Testimonia
Sources and Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
