02632nam 2200577 a 450 991078210260332120230721032924.01-383-03698-51-281-51520-597866115152010-19-155318-2(CKB)1000000000541094(EBL)415971(OCoLC)458705906(SSID)ssj0000250600(PQKBManifestationID)11194226(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250600(PQKBWorkID)10244739(PQKB)10360069(Au-PeEL)EBL415971(CaPaEBR)ebr10237112(CaONFJC)MIL151520(MiAaPQ)EBC415971(EXLCZ)99100000000054109420071129d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe stanzaic architecture of early Greek elegy[electronic resource] /Christopher A. FaraoneOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (213 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-923698-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-188) and indexes.Contents; Note on Abbreviations and Transliterations; 1. Introduction; 2. Internal Structure; 3. Composition; 4. Performance; 5. Improvisation; 6. Innovation and Archaism; 7. Revival; 8. Conclusions; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; IndexesA study of poetic form in early Greek elegy. Christopher A. Faraone draws on analogies from Italian and English song and poetry of the Renaissance. All Greek is translated and all technical terms explained. - ;In this study of poetic form in early Greek elegy, Christopher A. Faraone argues against the prevailing assumption that it was a genre of stichic poetry derived from or dependent on epic verse. Faraone emphasizes the fact that early elegiac poets composed their songs to the tune of an aulos (a kind of oboe) and used a five-couplet stanza as a basic unit of composition. He points out how Elegiac poetry, GreekHistory and criticismGreek languageMetrics and rhythmicsElegiac poetry, GreekHistory and criticism.Greek languageMetrics and rhythmics.884/.0109Faraone Christopher A223741MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782102603321Stanzaic architecture of early Greek elegy1119693UNINA