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The New Sappho on Old Age: Textual and Philosophical Issues
Ellen Greene
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Description for The New Sappho on Old Age: Textual and Philosophical Issues
Paperback. The world has long wished for more of Sappho's poetry, which exists mostly in tantalizing fragments. So the apparent recovery in 2004 of a virtually intact poem by Sappho, has generated excitement and discussion among scholarly audiences. This book contains essays that discuss about the recovered Sappho poem. Editor(s): Greene, Ellen. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
The world has long wished for more of Sappho’s poetry, which exists mostly in tantalizing fragments. So the apparent recovery in 2004 of a virtually intact poem by Sappho, only the fourth to have survived almost complete, has generated unprecedented excitement and discussion among scholarly and lay audiences alike. This volume is the first collection of essays in English devoted to discussion of the newly recovered Sappho poem and two other incomplete texts on the same papyri. Containing eleven new essays by leading scholars, it addresses a wide range of textual and philological issues connected with the find. Using different ... Read more
The world has long wished for more of Sappho’s poetry, which exists mostly in tantalizing fragments. So the apparent recovery in 2004 of a virtually intact poem by Sappho, only the fourth to have survived almost complete, has generated unprecedented excitement and discussion among scholarly and lay audiences alike. This volume is the first collection of essays in English devoted to discussion of the newly recovered Sappho poem and two other incomplete texts on the same papyri. Containing eleven new essays by leading scholars, it addresses a wide range of textual and philological issues connected with the find. Using different ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Series
Hellenic Studies
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674032958
SKU
V9780674032958
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About Ellen Greene
Ellen Greene is Professor of Classics at the University of Oklahoma. Dirk Obbink is University Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature, Christ Church, Oxford. Deborah Boedeker is Professor of Classics at Brown University and Joint Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. Dee L. Clayman is Professor of Classics at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City ... Read more
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