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Classical love poetry

Hardcover • 2004 • English • 1. edition

Classical love poetry

By Dr. Jonathan Williams, Clive Cheesman

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About the book

Love is a ubiquitous theme in Classical poetry, from erotic Sappho, to bawdy Ovid, to the high poetics of Virgil. Whether describing unrequited love, the pain of being left behind, or simply how best to impress your girlfriend, the themes differ little from our preoccupations with love and romance today. This collection takes the best from Classical poetry, with excerpts from Homer, Sappho, Catullus, Virgil, Horace and Ovid, to name but a few, and illustrates them with some of the finest example...Show more

Classic and pre-20th century poetry
Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)
Poetry by form

Book details

ISBN

9780714122458

Publisher

British Museum

Published year

2004

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Classical love poetry

Format

Hardcover

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