Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 1999
Editura: Harvard University Press
Tip copertă: Paperback
Nr Pag: 551
Colectie: Loeb Classical Library
Traducatori: Douglas E. Gerber
ISBN: 9780674995819
Dimensiuni: l: 12cm | H: 17cm | 3.0cm | 386g
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 religious festivals―for example, those honoring Dionysus and Demeter.