Greek Poetry - Ancient from KALAMOS BOOKS
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Siirler / Poems
by Sappho [Safo]
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- 1999
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Istanbul: Cumhuriyet Gazetesi, 1999 Book. Illus. by Trans : Azra Erhat & Cengiz Bektas. As New. Soft cover. Reissue. Series : Dunya Klasikleri Dizisi : 28. Ceviri ve Uzewrine Konusmalar Azra Erhat & Cengiz Bektas. 176p. [5 copies found in WorldCat]. Item Price
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The Homeric Hymns : A Verse Translation
by Homer
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- 1975
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- 9780393007886
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New York: W.W.Norton, 1975 Book. Illus. by Trans. Thelma Sargent). Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. "The Homeric Hymns are a collection of poems in the oral tradition collected from around the 7th. century B.C that celebrate the gods and goddesses of the Greek Pantheon.The poems are simple narratives, the longer poems are straightforward narrative and have been so translated". 82p.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Homeric Hymns
by Homer [Apostolos N.Athanassakis]
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- 1976
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- 9780801817922
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1976 Book. Illus. by Trans. Apostolos N.Athanassakis. New. Soft cover. Nice translation of the Homeric hymns with introduction and notes by Athanassakis. 107p.. Item Price
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Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry
by Vermeule, Emily
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- 1st US Edition.
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- 1979
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- 9780520034051
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Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1979 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. Sather Classical Lectures (46) "The ancient Greeks devoted a significant portion of their poetic and artistic energy to exploring themes of death. Vermeule examines the facts and fictions of Greek death, including burial and mourning, visions of the underworld, souls and ghosts, the value of heroic… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Homeric Hymns
by Homer [Apostolos N.Athanassakis]
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- 1976
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1976 Book. Illus. by Trans. Apostolos N.Athanassakis. Fine. Soft cover. Nice translation of the Homeric hymns with introduction and notes by Athanassakis. 107p.. Item Price
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Cultural Poetics in Archaic Greece : Cult, Performance, Politics
by Dougherty, Carol (editor); Kurke, Leslie (editor)
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- 1998
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- 9780195124156
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998 Book. New. Soft cover. 'This volume brings together essays by archaeologists, historians, and literary scholars in a comprehensive examination of the Greek archaic age. A time of dramatic and revolutionary change when many of the institutions and thought patterns that would shape Greek culture evolved, this period has become the object of renewed scholarly interest… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jousts of Aphrodite: Erotic Verse translated from the original Greek
by Kelly, Michael [trans]
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- First Thus
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9780948259050
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London: Forest Books, 1986 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. "The erotic content of the Greek Anthology . has long been consigned to the obscurity of specialized academic study. Hers in his humorous and lyrical modern adaptations, Michael Kelly recaptures for the modern reader the essence of the originals - unashamed enjoyment of sex and the celebration of sensual love.95p.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poems of Theocritus.
by Theocritus
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- 1978
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- 9780807813171
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Chapel Hill NC: University of North Carolina, 1978 Book. Illus. by Translated with introductions by Anna Rist.. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Translator. First Edition.. "The recent surge of interest in ancient pastoral poetry has prompted this first modern English translation of the Idylls of Theocritus, founder of the pastoral genre. Rist's translation captures fully the dignity of Theocritus' hexameters, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Poems from the Greek
by Wolfe,Humbert [ed]
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Book. Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. 1st UK Edition.. An anthology of different translations of ancient Greek poems."The order in which the translations are printed follows that of the Loeb edition, except for the first two poems." This appears to be earlier than the poems included"Others Abide" 1927.Tightly stitched text block in paper over board covers, handwritten label… Read more about this item Item Price
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Greek Literature in Translation : Translations from Greek Prose and Poetry Chosen By Michael Grant
by Grant,Michael (Ed)
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- First Pbk.Ed..
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- 1973
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- 9780140215236
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London: Penguin/Pelican, 1973 Book. Very Good. Pbk. First Pbk.Ed... Well chosen anthology of ancient Greek literature. 491p. bibliography. index Neat tight copy. small remaiinder mark. Item Price
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If Not, Winter : Fragments of Sappho
by Sappho & Carson, Anne (translator)
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- 2002
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- 9780375724510
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New York: Vintage, 2002 Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Parallel texts in Greek & English "A bilingual edition of the work of the Greek poet Sappho, in a new translation by Anne Carson. Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos from about 630 B.C. She was a musical genius who devoted her life to composing and performing songs. Of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ancient Greek Literature in Its Living Context
by Baldry, H.C.
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- 1968
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London: Thames & Hudson, 1968 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. Illustrated guide to Greek literature as performaned for an audience ce - all forms : lyric,choral,dramatic- from Homer to Roman times. 144p. illus bibliography.index. Item Price
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Landmarks in Greek Literature
by Bowra,C. M. [ecil Maurice]
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- 1969
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New York: Meridian., 1969 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. Standard introductory survey to ancient Greek literature. Pbk 284p. plates.bibliography.index. Clean crisp copy.. Item Price
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Sappho of Lesbos: Her Life and Times
by Weigall, Arthur
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- 1937
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London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937 Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Thus. A solid, scholarly and interesting biography of this poetess, including 'Every known fragment of Sappho's poetry is quoted in full .(using) the Greek text as edited by J.M.Edmonds in his Lyra Greca" . The notion that there were two Sapphos- - one the poet and the other the courtesan-is discussed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Greece in Poetry : With Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, and Other Works of Art
by Zafiropoulos, Simoni (editor)
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- 1st.US Ed..
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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- 9780810933798
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st.US Ed... A beautiful book combining an anthology of Greek poets (both ancient and modern) with wonderful photographs and paintings. 176p. illus (some col) bibliography indexes. NICE TO SEND AS A GIFT. Item Price
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Sappho's Immortal Daughters
by Williamson, Margaret
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- 1998
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- 9780674789128
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Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1998 Book. As New. Soft cover. She lived on the island of Lesbos around 600 B.C.E. She composed lyric poetry, only fragments of which survive. And she was--and is--the most highly regarded woman poet of Greek and Roman antiquity. Little more than this can be said with certainty about Sappho, and yet a great deal… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Woman and the Lyre : Women Writers in Classical Greece and Rome
by Snyder,Jane McIntosh
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- 1st Canadian Edition
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- 1990
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- 9780550410375
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Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1990 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Canadian Edition. " Beginning with Sappho in the seventh century B. C. And ending with Hypatia and Egeria in the fifth century A. D., Jane McIntosh Snyder listens carefully to the major women writers of classical Greece and Rome, piecing together the surviving fragments of their works into a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sappho of Lesbos: Her Life and Times
by Weigall, Arthur
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- 1st Canadian Edition
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- 1982
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New York: Frederick A.Stokes, 1982 Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Canadian Edition. (Small stamp on title page states " Canadian Edition For Sale in Canada only") A solid, scholarly and interesting biography of this poetess, including "Every known fragment of Sappho's poetry is quoted in full .(using) the Greek text as edited by J.M.Edmonds in his Lyra Greca" . The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Greek Lyrics
by Lattimore,Richmond (Trans)
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- Reprint
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- 1971
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- 9780226469447
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Chicago: Phoenix/University of Chicago Pr., 1971 Book. Fine. Pbk. Reprint. "Enlarged edition with more than a hundred peoms and poetic fragments from the great age of Greek lyric potery - in robust and graceful modern translation." Pbk. 82p.. Item Price
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The Love Songs of Sappho
by Sappho
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- 1966
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Toronto: Mentor/New American Library), 1966 Book. Illus. by Trans Paul Roche. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. Translated with introduction and notes by Paul Roche "This Mentor edition comprises all the important poems of Sappho, including the latest released OPxyrhynchus papyrus" 224p.Papaer age tpned, else as new. Item Price
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