Preface

Abbreviations

I. Elegy

II. Iambus

III. On the History of the Theognidean Sylloge

The origin of the second book

Triple origin of the sylloge

The symbiosis of the three anthologies

The stages of development

The editor's task

Excursus. Erasures in A: an unsolved crime

IV. The Life and Times of Theognis

V. Mimnermus

'Smyrnaeus, s. vii pars post.'

The nature of Mimnermus' poetry

Nanno

VI. Language and Metre

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

Morphology and Syntax

Nouns and Adjectives

Comparison of Adjectives

Numerals

Pronouns

Prepositions

Conjunctions

Verbs

Tmesis

Periphrastic constructions

Use of the perfect

Word formation

Word Order

Metre

Prosody, miscellaneous

VII. Commentary on Selected Passages

Archilochus

Hipponax

Theognidea

Adespota Elegiaca

Adespota Iambica

Aeschylus

Ananius

Antimachus

Callinus

Critias

Demodocus

Euenus

'Homer', Margites

Ion

Mimnermus

Scythinus

Semonides

Simonides

Solon

Sophocles

Susarion

Timocreon

Tyrtaeus

Xenophanes

VIII. Addenda and Corrigenda to Iambi et Elegi Graeci Vol. II

General Index

Index of Passages

Greek Index

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