Complete Poems and Fragments
$43.71
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2016
Summary
Sappho: Poems and Fragments - Expanded Edition
In this expanded edition of his distinguished Sappho: Poems and Fragments (2002), Stanley Lombardo offers over 100 fragments not included in the original edition, as well as the new poems discovered in 2004 and 2014. His translation of this latter material yields fresh insights into Sappho’s representations of old age, two of her brothers, and her special relationship with Aphrodite.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781624664670 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1624664679 |
| Author: | Sappho, Stanley Lombardo, Pamela Gordon |
| Publisher: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
| Imprint: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 179g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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“Very good indeed to have a complete and up-to-date Sappho for the non-specialist reader, and especially one with such an intelligent and helpful Introduction to the poet herself.” —Jenny March, in The Reading Room, classicsforall.org.uk
About The Author
Sappho
Stanley Lombardo is Professor Emeritus of Classics, The University of Kansas. His previous translations include Hesiod’s Works & Days and Theogony (1993), and Homer’s Iliad (1997) and Odyssey (2000), all published by Hackett.
Pamela Gordon is Professor of Classics, The University of Kansas.
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