Sappho's lyre : archaic lyric and women poets of ancient Greece /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rayor, Diane J.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1991.
• Θέματα: Sappho > Translations into English.; Sappho > Traductions anglaises.; Sappho.; Greek poetry > Translations into English.; Greek poetry > Women authors > Translations into English.; Women and literature > Greece.; Po�esie grecque > Anthologies > Traductions anglaises.; Femmes et litt�erature > Gr�ece.; �Ecrits de femmes grecs > Traductions anglaises.; LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.; Greek poetry.; Greek poetry > Women authors.; Women and literature.; Greece.; Greek poetry; Lyric poetry; Electronic books.; Translations.

Sappho sang her poetry to the accompaniment of the lyre on the Greek island of Lesbos over 2500 years ago. Throughout the Greek world, her contemporaries composed lyric poetry full of passion, and in the centuries that followed the golden age of archaic lyric, new forms of poetry emerged. In this un...