This text documents the features of old age in ancient Greek literature including epic, lyric and tragedy. The representation of old age and the elderly is discussed in a range of texts, including Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey", Sappho's lyrics, and Sophocles' last tragedy, "Oedipus at Colonus".
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This text documents the features of old age in ancient Greek literature including epic, lyric and tragedy. The representation of old age and the elderly is discussed in a range of texts, including Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey", Sappho's lyrics, and Sophocles' last tragedy, "Oedipus at Colonus".
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0806127759. Blind stamp on front free endpaper, otherwise text clean and tight; Oklahoma Series In Classical Culture; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 342 pages.