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Elegy and iambus

by J. M. Edmonds

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Volume I. Part I. Fragments of Greek elegiac poetry from the seventh century to the end of the fifth B.C. Seventh century: Callinus, Tyrtaeus, Asius, Mimnermus; seventh-sixth century: Solon; sixth century: Cleobulus, Cleobulina, Demodocus, Phocylides, Xenophanes, Theognis (his poetry includes nearly 1400 lines), Hipparchus; fifth century: Pigres, Epicharmus, Phrynichus, the great tragic poets Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; Ion of Chios, Ion of Samos, Philiades, Melanthius, Empedocles, Archelaüs, Hippon, Dionysius Chalcus, Alcibiades, Socrates, Critias, Agathon, Euenus, and Antimachus. Volume II. Part I continued. Elegaic poetry of the fourth century: Plato Simmias, Praxiteles, Parrahasius, Zeuxis, Thucydides?, Apollodorus, Dionysius II of Syracuse, Mamercus, Astydamas, Philiscus, Aphareus, Speusippus, Aristotle, Crates (elegiacs, epic, iambi, tragedies), Castorion, Cleon, Theocritus of Chios, Menander, Panarches. Plato. Simmias of Thebes. Praxiteles. Parrhasius. Zeuxis. Thucydides. Apollodorus. Dionysius the Younger. Mamercus. Astydamas. Philiscus. Aphareus. Speusippis. Aristotle. Crates. Castorion. Cleon. Theocritus of Chios. Menander. Panarces. Volume II. Part II. Iambic Po

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