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Early Greek hexameter poetry / by Peter Gainsford

This introduction to early Greek hexameter poetry covers genres from heroic legend to oracles and epigraphy. It analyses extant poems and lost fragments, providing a catalogue of inscriptions and research on literary form, metre, and performance.
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