{"product_id":"sapphos-lyre-archaic-lyric-and-women-poets-of-ancient-greece-paperback","title":"Sappho's Lyre: Archaic Lyric and Women Poets of Ancient Greece - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiane J. Rayor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDiane J. Rayor\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eW. R. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSappho sang her poetry to the accompaniment of the lyre on the Greek island of Lesbos over 2500 years ago. Throughout the Greek world, her contemporaries composed lyric poetry full of passion, and in the centuries that followed the golden age of archaic lyric, new forms of poetry emerged. In this unique anthology, today's reader can enjoy the works of seventeen poets, including a selection of archaic lyric and the complete surviving works of the ancient Greek women poets-the latter appearing together in one volume for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSappho's Lyre\u003c\/i\u003e is a combination of diligent research and poetic artistry. The translations are based on the most recent discoveries of papyri (including \"new\" Archilochos and Stesichoros) and the latest editions and scholarship. The introduction and notes provide historical and literary contexts that make this ancient poetry more accessible to modern readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough this book is primarily aimed at the reader who does not know Greek, it would be a splendid supplement to a Greek language course. It will also have wide appeal for readers of' ancient literature, women's studies, mythology, and lovers of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe translations are excellent--at once literal, graceful, and idiomatic--and the poems have been selected in a way that is unparalleled in any comparable collection and is responsive to contemporary concerns.--Sheila Murnaghan, author of \u003ci\u003eDisguise and Recognition in the Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As English poems in their own right, and as honest and sensitive transpositions of the Greek songs, these works surpass any translations of the archaic lyrists that I have seen.\"--John Herington, author of \u003ci\u003ePoetry into Drama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Rayor\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Classics Department, Grand Valley State University, Michigan. She is co-translator, with Stanley Lombardo, of \u003ci\u003eCallimachus\u003c\/i\u003e (Johns Hopkins 1988). \u003cb\u003eW. R. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago and the author of, among other works, \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Lyric\u003c\/i\u003e (California 1982).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.22 x 6.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52410247217457,"sku":"9780520073364","price":60.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/dTljZTRRWWo1QU1qVE4vUE5YenhyUT09.webp?v=1769003710","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/sapphos-lyre-archaic-lyric-and-women-poets-of-ancient-greece-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}