Puerilities
erotic epigrams of The Greek anthology
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Author
Contributions
- Hine, Daryl. - Contributor
Publication
2001 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
31,750 words, Guess
Page Count
127 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivepuerilitieseroti0000unse
- ISBN-100691088209
- ISBN-100691088195
- ISBN-139780691088204
- ISBN-139780691088198
and 6 more
- Goodreads3293772', '53139
- Library of Congress Control Number00066885
- OCLC Control Number45413647
- Better World Books9780691088204
- Better World Books9780691088198
- Open LibraryOL6796026M
Classifications
- DDC881/.010803538
- LCCPA3624.E75 P84 2001
- LCCPA3624.E75P84 2001
Description
"Elegiac lyrics celebrating the love of boys, which the translator terms Puerilities, constitute most of the twelfth book of The Greek Anthology. That book, the so-called Musa Puerilis, is translated in this, the first complete verse version in English. It is an eroticopia of short poems by great and lesser-known Greek poets, spanning hundreds of years, from ancient times to the late Christian era.". "The epigrams - wry, wistful, light-hearted, libidinous, and sometimes bawdy - revel in the beauty and fickle affection of boys and young men and in the fleeting joys older men find in loving them. Some, doubtless bandied about in the lax and refined setting of banquets, are translated as limericks. Also included are a few fine and often funny poems about girls and women."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Topics
Genres
- Translations into English
Series Statement
- Lockert library of poetry in translation
Other Editions
- Puerilities: erotic epigrams of The Greek anthology
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