The Song of Eros: Ancient Greek Love Poems

Index to the Greek Texts

Index to the Greek Texts Unless otherwise noted, the translations are based on the Greek text of the Loeb edition of the Greek Anthology , edited by W. R. Paton (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1916-26), 5 vols. Poem Greek Texts 1 Y.141 2 D. A. Campbell, ed., Greek Lyric Poetry (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1969), L168B 3 Y.147 4 Y.81 5 XII.135 6 XII.188 7 Y.213 8 Y.119 9 J. M. Edmonds, tr., Lyra Graeca, 3 vols. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1928-40),1.93 10 Y.304 11 VIL217 12 Y.94 13 Y.169 14 Y.89 15 A. S. E Gow and D. L. Page, Greek Anthology : Hellenistic Epigrams, 2 vols. (Cambridge University Press, 1965), X1.364 16 XII.172 17 V.284 112 Poem Greek Texts 18 Ernst Diehl et aI., Anthologia Lyrica Graeca, 3d ed. (Leipzig, 1949-),1.112 19 Y.32 20 Y.230 21 Y.283 22 Y.173 23 Y.66 24 Campbell, 1.47 25 Y.171 26 Y.156 27 Y.74 28 Y.12 29 Y.267 30 Y.131 31 Y.305 32 Y.57 33 Y.2 34 Y.93 35 Y.309 36 XII.47 37 Y.214 38 XI.287 39 V.91 40 Y.78 41 Y.182 42 Y.136 43 VII.669 44 XI.34 113 Poem Greek Texts 45 Y.132 46 Y.96 47 XII.l13 48 Edmonds, II.21 49 XI1.53 50 Y.151 51 Y.266 52 Edmonds, II.I04 53 Y.308 54 Y.113 55 Y.71 56 Y.157 57 Y.189 58 Campbell, 1.48 59 Y.210 60 Y.186 61 Y.295 62 Y.83 63 Y.60 64 V1.345 65 V.14 66 Y.227 67 Y.I02 68 Y.5l 69 VII.324 70 Edmonds, 1.2 71 Edmonds, 1.155 72 Diehl, 1.71 114 Poem .Greek Texts 73 IX.489 74 Edmonds, 1.38 75 XI.215 76 VII.340 77 V.24 78 V.47 79 V.287 80 Edmonds, 1.27 115 Bradley Nystrom holds a doctorate in ancient history from the University of California at Davis and teaches in the history and humanities departments at California State University, Sacramento. He is coeditor and translator of two anthologies of classical Greek and Latin texts and has published articles on the subject of Greek Christian epigraphy. Mr. Nystrom lives in Sacramento with his wife, Jennifer, and their daughters, Alyssa and Alexandra. Poetry T his collection of modern translations of eighty poems provides a pleasant, thought-provoking reminder of love’s vagaries as captured through the wit, charm, and insight of the master poets of antiquity. All the emotions and experiences associated with love—rejection , infatuation, ecstasy, desperation, loneliness—are rendered accessible to contemporary readers through this lively, modern, yet faithful English translation of works that date from the seventh century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. Featured are selections from the more than four thousand epigrams that make up the Greek Anthology, a collection compiled in the tenth century by the Byzantine scholar Kephalas. Also included are works by the early iambic and elegiac poet Archilochos and the lyric poems of Sappho and Anakreon. The illustrations that accompany the poetry capture both the flavor of the age and the theme of the texts. Bradley P. Nystrom is coeditor and translator of two anthologies of ancient Greek and Latin texts and is the coauthor of The History of Christianity: An Introduction. He teaches in the Department of Humanities and Religious Studies at California State University–Sacramento. Southern Illinois University Press 1915 University Press Drive Mail Code 6806 Carbondale, IL 62901 www.siu.edu/~siupress Printed in the United States of America Nystrom The Song of Eros: Ancient Greek Love Poems Southern Illinois University Press $14.95 USD ISBN 0-8093-2906-9 ISBN 978-0-8093-2906-9 The Song of Eros A N C I E N T G R E E K L O V E P O E M S Translated by Bradley P. Nystrom Illustrated by Claudette Sherbert Little Nystrom_NIP_cvr.indd 1 2/11/09 9:24:32 AM ...