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Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry: An Anthology of New Translations
Diane J. Rayor
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Description for Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry: An Anthology of New Translations
Paperback. Editor(s): Rayor, Diane J.; Batstone, William W. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry, first published almost 25 years ago, offered students accurate and poetic translations of poems from the sudden flowering of lyric and elegy in Rome at the end of the Republic and in the first decades of the Augustan principate. Now updated in this second edition, the volume has been re-edited with both revised and new translations and an updated commentary and bibliography for readers in a new century, ensuring that this much-valued anthology remains useful and relevant to a new generation of students studying ancient literature and western civilization. The volume features an expanded selection ... Read more
Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry, first published almost 25 years ago, offered students accurate and poetic translations of poems from the sudden flowering of lyric and elegy in Rome at the end of the Republic and in the first decades of the Augustan principate. Now updated in this second edition, the volume has been re-edited with both revised and new translations and an updated commentary and bibliography for readers in a new century, ensuring that this much-valued anthology remains useful and relevant to a new generation of students studying ancient literature and western civilization. The volume features an expanded selection ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
428
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138857803
SKU
V9781138857803
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About Diane J. Rayor
Diane J. Rayor is Professor of Classics at Grand Valley State University, USA, in the department that she co-founded in 2000. She has published six book translations of ancient Greek poetry and drama: Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works (2014), the first book to include recent Sappho discoveries; Euripides' Medea (2013); Sophocles' Antigone (2011); ... Read more
Reviews for Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry: An Anthology of New Translations
This revised volume is now an even more valuable resource for anyone wanting to teach Latin lyric and elegiac poetry in translation. The translations are accurate and reliable, and with the expanded coverage of poems, instructors have more choice about which authors and poems to read. The notes are detailed and rich in useful information about the ancient context and ... Read more