Greek Lyric Poetry

A collection of translations of the Poems and fragments of the Greek Iambic, Elegiac and Melic poets (excluding Pindar and Bacchylides) down to 450BC', which includes Archilochus and Alcman, Sappho and Mimnermus, Anacreon, Simonides, and more. Not merely a collection, it covers all the surviving poems and intelligible fragments, including a number of pieces not previously translated. Now available in paperback.
The Greek poets of 650 to 450 B.C.--greats such as Sappho, Anacreon, and Simonides--produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity. This new poetic translation captures the nuances of meaning and the whole spirit of this poetry as never before, covering all the surviving poems and intelligible fragments, including a number of pieces not previously translated.