Greek elegiac poetry : from the seventh to the fifth centuries BC /

• Other Authors: Gerber, Douglas E. (επιμελητής, μεταφραστής.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English; Ancient Greek
• Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1999.
• Series: Loeb Classical Library 258.
• Subjects: Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία; Ελεγειακή ποίηση, Ελληνική

The Greek poetry of the seventh to the fifth century BCE that we call elegy was composed primarily for banquets and convivial gatherings. Its subject matter consists of almost any topic, excluding only the scurrilous and obscene.