Archilochus - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Bowra, C. M. “Origins and Beginnings.” In Early Greek Elegists, pp. 3-36. New York, Barnes & Noble, 1960.

Discusses the flute-song origins of the elegy and the significance of Archilochus's use of Homeric language in his verses concerning war.

Bremer, J. M., et al. “Archilochus.” In Some Recently Found Greek Poems: Text and Commentary, pp. 1-69. Leiden, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1987.

Text and full commentary for three recently discovered fragments of poems by Archilochus.

Davison, J. A. “Archilochus Fr. 2 Diehl [7 LB].” In From Archilochus to Pindar: Papers on Greek Literature of the Archaic Period, pp. 141-45. London: Macmillan, 1968.

Offers a new interpretation of a famous couplet composed by Archilochus.

Fraenkel, Eduard. “Epistle XIX.” In Horace, pp. 339-50. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957.

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