Greek Iambic Poetry: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries B.C.(Loeb Classical Library, #259) by Douglas E. Gerber

Greek Iambic Poetry: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries B.C.(Loeb Classical Library, #259)

Douglas E. Gerber

551 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

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The poetry of the archaic period that the Greeks called iambic is characterized by scornful criticism of friend and foe and by sexual license. The purpose of these poems is unclear, but they seem to have some connection with cult songs used in rel...

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