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Early Greek hexameter poetry

by Peter Gainsford

This introduction to early Greek hexameter poetry covers genres from heroic legend to oracles and epigraphy. It analyses extant poems and lost fragments, providing a catalogue of inscriptions and research on literary form, metre, and performance.

Accession 14757 ISBN 9781316608883 Publisher Cambridge University Press
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