{"product_id":"epigrams-from-the-greek-anthology-9780198854654","title":"Epigrams from the Greek Anthology","description":"\u003cem\u003eLush Diodorus sets the lads on fire, \u003cbr\u003eBut now another has him in his net -\u003cbr\u003eTimarion, the boy with wanton eyes . . . \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meleager, AP 12.109 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEncompassing four thousand short poems and more, the ramshackle classic we call the Greek Anthology gathers up a millennium of snapshots from ancient daily life. Its influence echoes not merely in the classic tradition of the English epigram (Pope, Dryden) but in Rudyard Kipling, Ezra Pound, Virgina Woolf, T. S. Eliot, H.D., and the poets of the First World War. Its variety is almost infinite. Victorious armies, ruined cities, and Olympic champions share space with lovers' quarrels and laments for the untimely dead - but also with jokes and riddles, art appreciation, potted biographies of authors, and scenes from country life and the workplace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis selection of more than 600 epigrams in verse is the first major translation from the Greek Anthology in nearly a century. Each of the Anthology's books of epigrams is represented here, in manuscript order, and with extensive notes on the history and myth that lie behind them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gideon Nisbet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford World's Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198854654","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713577095305,"sku":"9780198854654","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1a1152d5-16d4-4eba-99b0-bf65d0d1c5c0.jpg?v=1719616119","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/epigrams-from-the-greek-anthology-9780198854654","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}