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The Stanzaic Architecture of Early Greek Elegy
The Stanzaic Architecture of Early Greek Elegy
Author: Christopher A. Faraone
In this study of poetic form in early Greek elegy, Christopher A. Faraone argues against the prevailing assumption that it was a genre of stichic poetry derived from or dependent on epic verse. Faraone emphasizes the fact that early elegiac poets composed their songs to the tune of an aulos (a kind of oboe) and used a five-couplet stanz...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199236985
ISBN-10: 0199236984
Publication Date: 8/15/2008
Pages: 200
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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