The Elegies of Theognis


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Hesiod and Theognis


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Together these two poets-Hesiod, the epic poet, and Theognis, the elegist-offer a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.










Greek Elegiac Poetry


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"This volume aims at providing a text and translation of the elegiac poets contained in the second edition of M.L. West's two volumes, 'Iambi et elegi Graeci' (Oxford 1989 and 1992). For various reasons, however, a number of poets have been omitted."--p. vii.




Greek Elegy and Iambus


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A selection of the work of ten poets with detailed introduction and linguistic, literary and cultural commentary suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, but also of interest to scholars. Includes some major pieces, such as the recently discovered Plataea elegy of Simonides and Telephus elegy of Archilochus.




Hesiod and Theognis


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.