Poetry and Its Public in Ancient Greece
From Homer to the Fifth Century
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Author
Contributions
- A. Thomas Cole (Translator) - Contributor
Publication
1990-02-01 - The Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Word Count
102,000 words, Guess
Page Count
408 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-100801840198
- ISBN-139780801840197
- Goodreads2285557
- LibraryThing169136
- Better World Books9780801840197
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL7869885M
First Sentence
So goes a famous fragment of Archilochus, composed in the early seventh century B.C. by the poet whom the Greeks of a later period regarded as the inventor of invective, satire, and iambic verse.
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