Longinus-Pindar
Compiled by Andrew Stoddart
Longinus Longus: Novelist (b. c200 BC)
Lucian: Satirist (b. c AD120) Not to be confused with Lucius (Apuleius) who was born around the same time. Lucian Biography of the satirist Not to be confused with Lucius (Apuleius) who was born around the same time and in his Metamorphoses wrote a version of the same book: Lucians Golden Ass.
Menander: Playwright - Comedy (b.342 BC). Often referred to as the other Greek comic, Menander is later than Aristophanes and has a style all of his own.
Menander- The Grouch, Desperately Seeking Justice Penn State UP translation Oxford readings in Menander, Plautus and Terence . Edited by SEGAL Erich This volume of essays examines the origins of modern comedy. It looks at the quiet domestic dramas of Menander, the Greek comic playwright whose work was rediscovered in the last century; the farces of Plautus; and the comedies of Terence. All Latin and Greek is translated.paperback. pp.280
Nonnos: Epic writer (b. c AD450). A latter day Homer, or at least he thought so! Nonnos wrote the mythological epic known as The Dionysiaca; as the name suggests it's mostly to do with Dionysus and Bacchic ritual
Philodemus: Poet (b. c110 BC)
Pindar- The Odes and selected Fragments ed.and translated by G S Conway for "Everyman"
Pindar's Paens A Reading of the Fragments with a Survey of the Genre. Ian Rutherford. The paean, or sacred hymn to Apollo, had a central place in the song-dance culturwe of classical Greece. The most celebrated examples of the genre in antiquity were Pindar's Paens which became known to scholars in this century thanks to the discovery of papyrus fragmens some published as as recently as l989. This book offers the first comprehensive re-evalution of the poems. It includes a text and translation of all the paeans of Pindar newly classified with a supplement comprising fragments poems fo uncertain genres. hardback.2001 |
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