Greek Lyric Poetry A Commentary on Selected Larger Pieces (Alcman, Stesichorus, Sappho, Alcaeus, Ibycus, Anacreon, Simonides, Bacchylides, Pindar, Sophocles, Euripides)

by Hutchinson, G. O.

• ISBN13: 9780199265824
• ISBN10: 0199265828
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book presents a new text and a detailed commentary for many of the central pieces of Greek lyric poetry. The book joins textual and literary criticism of the poets together, providing a close and sustained analysis of important poems across the genre, and enables the reader to see in detail the development and diversity of a remarkable body of poetry.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations etc.	xvii
TEXTS	1	(467)
COMMENTARY
Alcman
Introduction	71	(5)
PMGF 1 [1]	76	(27)
PMGF 3 [2]	103	(10)
Stesichorus
Introduction	113	(7)
PMGF 222 (b) [3]	120	(19)
Sappho
Introduction	139	(10)
Fr. 1 Voigt [4]	149	(11)
Fr. 16 Voigt [5]	160	(8)
Fr. 31 Voigt [6]	168	(9)
Fr. 96 Voigt [7]	177	(10)
Alcaeus
Introduction	187	(5)
Fr. 129 Voigt [8]	192	(12)
Fr. 130 b Voigt [9]	204	(11)
Fr. 298 Voigt [10]	215	(13)
Ibycus
Introduction	228	(7)
PMG S151 [11]	235	(21)
Anacreon
Introduction	256	(8)
PMG 347 fr. I [12]	264	(9)
PMG 358 [13]	273	(5)
PMG 417 [14]	278	(7)
Simonides
Introduction	285	(6)
PMG 542 [15]	291	(15)
PMG 543 [16]	306	(15)
Bacchylides
Introduction	321	(7)
Bacch. 3 [17]	328	(31)
Pindar
Introduction	359	(12)
Olympian 6 [18]	371	(56)
Tragedy
Introduction	427	(12)
Sophocles, Ajax, 1185-1222 [19]	439	(15)
Euripides, Medea, 627-662 [20]	454	(14)
Bibliography	468	(41)
Index of Passages Discussed	509	(6)
Greek Index	515	(5)
General Index	520