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The five volumes in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Greek Lyric contain the surviving fragments of solo and choral song. This poetry was not preserved in medieval manuscripts, and few complete poems remain. Later writers quoted from the poets, but only so much as suited their needs; these quotations are supplemented by papyrus texts found in Egypt, most of them badly damaged. The high quality of what remains makes us realise the enormity of our loss.
Volume I presents Sappho and Alcaeus. Volume II contains the work of Anacreon, composer of solo song; the Anacreontea; and the earliest writers of choral poetry, notably th
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Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Release date: 1 July 1989
ISBN-10 : 0674991583 | ISBN-13: 9780674991583
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Release date: 1 July 1989
ISBN-10 : 0674991583 | ISBN-13: 9780674991583
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