stesichorus ibycus simonides (12 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Scholar's name to ffep (A. R. Littlewood). Very minor shelfwear to book and DJ.; Loeb Classical Library No. 476; 3; 672 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. DJ has edgewear with chipping and small tears.; Loeb Classical Library No. 476; 3; 672 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Loeb Classical Library No. 476; 3; 672 pages.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardback. Condizione: New. Precious snippets of ancient song.The most important poets writing in Greek in the sixth century BC came from Sicily and southern Italy. Stesichorus was called by ancient writers "most Homeric"-a recognition of his epic themes and noble style. He composed verses about the Trojan War and its aftermath, the Argonauts, the adventures of Heracles. He may have been a solo singer, performing these poems to his own cithara accompaniment. Ibycus probably belonged to the colony of Rhegium in southwestern Italy. Like Stesichorus he wrote lyrical narratives on mythological themes, but he also composed erotic poems. Simonides is said to have spent his later years in Sicily. He was in Athens at the time of the Persian Wars, though, and was acclaimed for his epitaph on the Athenians who died at Marathon. He was a successful poet in various genres, including victory odes, dirges, and dithyrambic poetry. The power of his pathos emerges in the fragments we have.All the extant verse of these poets is given in this third volume of David Campbell's edition of Greek lyric poetry, along with the ancients' accounts of their lives and works. Ten contemporary poets are also included, among them Arion, Lasus, and Pratinas.The LCL edition of Greek Lyric is in five volumes. Sappho and Alcaeus-the illustrious singers of sixth-century Lesbos-are in the first volume. Volume II contains the work of Anacreon, composer of solo song; the Anacreontea; and the earliest writers of choral poetry, notably the seventh-century Spartans Alcman and Terpander. Bacchylides and other fifth-century poets are in Volume IV along with Corinna (although some argue that she belongs to the third century). The last volume includes the new school of dithyrambic poets (mid-fifth to mid-fourth century), together with the anonymous poems: drinking songs, children's songs, cult hymns, and others.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 672 pages. 6.50x4.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 672 pages. 6.50x4.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New. The most important poets writing in Greek in the sixth century BCE came from Sicily and southern Italy. They included Stesichorus, Ibycus, and Simonides, as well as Arion, Lasus, and Pratinas.&Uumlber den AutorStesichorus, Ibycus, S.

Hardback. Condizione: New. Precious snippets of ancient song.The most important poets writing in Greek in the sixth century BC came from Sicily and southern Italy. Stesichorus was called by ancient writers "most Homeric"-a recognition of his epic themes and noble style. He composed verses about the Trojan War and its aftermath, the Argonauts, the adventures of Heracles. He may have been a solo singer, performing these poems to his own cithara accompaniment. Ibycus probably belonged to the colony of Rhegium in southwestern Italy. Like Stesichorus he wrote lyrical narratives on mythological themes, but he also composed erotic poems. Simonides is said to have spent his later years in Sicily. He was in Athens at the time of the Persian Wars, though, and was acclaimed for his epitaph on the Athenians who died at Marathon. He was a successful poet in various genres, including victory odes, dirges, and dithyrambic poetry. The power of his pathos emerges in the fragments we have.All the extant verse of these poets is given in this third volume of David Campbell's edition of Greek lyric poetry, along with the ancients' accounts of their lives and works. Ten contemporary poets are also included, among them Arion, Lasus, and Pratinas.The LCL edition of Greek Lyric is in five volumes. Sappho and Alcaeus-the illustrious singers of sixth-century Lesbos-are in the first volume. Volume II contains the work of Anacreon, composer of solo song; the Anacreontea; and the earliest writers of choral poetry, notably the seventh-century Spartans Alcman and Terpander. Bacchylides and other fifth-century poets are in Volume IV along with Corinna (although some argue that she belongs to the third century). The last volume includes the new school of dithyrambic poets (mid-fifth to mid-fourth century), together with the anonymous poems: drinking songs, children's songs, cult hymns, and others.

Printerâs device of Henri Estienne (olive tree with motto Noli altum sapere). (illustratore). Editio Tertia (Third edition). Scarce Estienne edition of Pindarâs Odes â" Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, Isthmian â" with fragments of eight other major Greek lyric poets, including Alcaeus, Sappho, Anacreon, Bacchylides, Stesichorus, Simonides, Ibycus, and Alcman. This Editio Tertia of 1586 presents the Greek text with facing Latin translations and scholia, the fruit of Henri Estienneâs renowned classical press at Geneva. The Estienne olive tree device appears on the title. An important work of Renaissance scholarship, this edition was the principal vehicle through which Pindar and the lyric poets were read in Western Europe. Copies were used by humanists, poets, and philologists for generations. Bound in contemporary limp vellum, well worn but intact, with the textblock clean and complete. A desirable early edition of Pindar and the Greek lyric canon, from one of Europeâs most important presses. Estienneâs 1586 Editio Tertia of Pindar and the Greek lyric poets, in parallel Greek and Latin, in contemporary vellum. A landmark of Renaissance classical scholarship. Good. Vellum binding wrinkled and worn, lacking ties. Interior clean, margins ample, some light browning and minor annotations. Estienne device strong. Contemporary limp vellum, soiled and wrinkled, original sewing visible, lacking ties.