A History of Classical Greek Literature: The Poets

CONTENTS: Introduction The Traces of Poetry before Homer The Homeric Poems History of the Homeric Controversy from the Revival of Learning to the Present Day General Remarks upon the Origin and the Character of the Homeric Poems The Cyclic Poets and the Batracho-Myo-Machia. ?sop and Babrius The Didactic Epos. Hesiod The Homeric Hymns and Trifles The Later History of Epic Poetry The Rise of Personal Poetry among the Greeks The Progress of Personal Poetry The Public Lyric Poetry of the Greeks The Age of Simonides and Pindar Appendix on the Language of the Homeric Poems