Ancient Greek Epigrams: Major Poets in Verse Translation 0520265793, 9780520265790, 9780520947764, 0520947762, 9780520265806

After Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams.

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Ancient Greek Epigrams: Major Poets in Verse Translation
0520265793, 9780520265790, 9780520947764, 0520947762, 9780520265806

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Table of contents :
Content: Introduction to ancient Greek epigrams --
Anyte --
Leonidas of Tarentum --
Asclepiades --
Posidippus --
Callimachus --
Theocritus --
Meleager --
Philodemos --
Lucillius.

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