LEADER 03146nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910820204703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-66084-5 010 $a9786612660849 010 $a0-520-94776-2 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520947764 035 $a(CKB)2670000000040936 035 $a(EBL)566751 035 $a(OCoLC)656359239 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000411803 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11250323 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411803 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10356619 035 $a(PQKB)11296659 035 $a(DE-B1597)520589 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520947764 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC566751 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000040936 100 $a20091021d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAncient Greek epigrams $emajor poets in verse translation /$fGordon L. Fain 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 225 0 $aThe Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Ancient Greek epigrams 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-26579-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPreface -- $tChapter 1. Introduction to Ancient Greek Epigrams -- $tChapter 2. Anyte -- $tChapter 3. Leonidas of Tarentum -- $tChapter 4. Asclepiades -- $tChapter 5. Posidippus -- $tChapter 6. Callimachus -- $tChapter 7. Theocritus -- $tChapter 8. Meleager -- $tChapter 9. Philodemos -- $tChapter 10. Lucillius -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIllustration Credits -- $tIndex of First Lines 330 $aAfter Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. Beginning with simple expressions engraved on stone, these poems eventually encompassed nearly every theme we now associate with lyric poetry in English. Many of the finest are on love and would later exert a profound influence on Latin love poets and, through them, on all the poetry of Europe and the West. This volume offers a representative selection of the best Greek epigrams in original verse translation. It showcases the poetry of nine poets (including one woman), with many epigrams from the recently discovered Milan papyrus. Gordon L. Fain provides an accessible general introduction describing the emergence of the epigram in Hellenistic Greece, together with short essays on the life and work of each poet and brief explanatory notes for the poems, making this collection an ideal anthology for a wide audience of readers. 606 $aEpigrams, Greek$vTranslations into English 606 $aGreek poetry$vTranslations into English 615 0$aEpigrams, Greek 615 0$aGreek poetry 676 $a881/.0108 701 $aFain$b Gordon L$01164498 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820204703321 996 $aAncient Greek Epigrams$93928352 997 $aUNINA