The Song of Eros: Ancient Greek Love Poems - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809329069 ISBN 13: 9780809329069

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This collection of new translations of eighty poems provides a pleasant, thought-provoking reminder of love’s vagaries as captured through the wit, charm, and insight of the master poets of antiquity.

All the emotions and experiences associated with love―rejection, infatuation, ecstasy, desperation, loneliness―are rendered accessible to contemporary readers through this lively, modern, yet faithful English translation of works that date from the seventh century B.C.to the sixth century A.D.Illustrations accompany the poetry of Plato, Sappho, Stratto, Meleagros, and others, capturing both the flavor of the age and the theme of the texts.

About this title

About the Author:

Bradley P. Nystrom teaches in the Departments of History and Humanities at California State University–Sacramento.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek

About this edition

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0809329069
• ISBN 13: 9780809329069
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: LITTLE Claudette Sherbert