TY - GEN T1 - Sappho's lyre : archaic lyric and women poets of ancient Greece A2 - Rayor, Diane J. LA - English LA - Greek, Ancient (to 1453) PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 1991 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm43476887 AB - Sappho 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. Sappho's Lyre is a combination of diligent research and poeti. OP - 207 CN - PA3622 SN - 9780520910966 SN - 0520910966 SN - 0585139822 SN - 9780585139821 SN - 0520073355 SN - 0520073363 SN - 1282355864 SN - 9781282355866 KW - Sappho : Translations into English. KW - Sappho : Traductions anglaises. KW - Sappho KW - Greek poetry : Translations into English. KW - Greek poetry : Women authors : Translations into English. KW - Women and literature : Greece. KW - Poésie grecque : Anthologies : Traductions anglaises. KW - Femmes et littérature : Grèce. KW - Écrits de femmes grecs : Traductions anglaises. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : Ancient & Classical. KW - Greek poetry KW - Greek poetry : Women authors KW - Women and literature KW - Greece KW - Lyric poetry KW - Translations ER -