{"product_id":"poems-from-greek-antiquity-hardcover","title":"Poems from Greek Antiquity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Quarrie\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful Pocket Poet selection of short poems, odes, and epigrams from ancient Greece, translated into English by a wide array of distinguished translators and poets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems from Greek Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e presents a gloriously compact treasury of the enduring and influential poems of the ancient Greeks. Greek literature abounds in masterpieces, the most famous of which are lengthy epics, but it is also rich in poems of much smaller compass than \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. The short poems, odes, and epigrams included in this volume span a vast period of more than a thousand years. Included here are selections from the early lyric and elegiac poets, the Alexandrian poets, Alcaeus, Sappho, Pindar, and many more. Here, too, are poems drawn from the celebrated \u003ci\u003eGreek Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, and from the \u003ci\u003eAnacreontea\u003c\/i\u003e, the collection of odes on the pleasures of drink, love, and beauty that have been popular for centuries both in the original Greek and in English. Excerpts from somewhat longer poems include Percy Bysshe Shelley's \"Homeric Hymn to Mercury\" and the hugely entertaining Homeric pastiche \"The Battle of the Frogs and Mice.\" The English translations in this volume are works of art in their own right and come from a wide range of remarkable poets and translators, ranging from George Chapman in the seventeenth century to Robert Fagles in the twentieth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAUL QUARRIE, author of \u003ci\u003eWinchester College and the King James Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, is a well-known curator and lecturer on antiquated books. He lives in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 6.4 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769151979808,"sku":"9781101908211","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1f7b09acb7f0554db261c18b80b5f28e.webp?v=1780342982","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poems-from-greek-antiquity-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}