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"These are the gloomy words of Choerilus of Samos, an epic poet writing in the late fifth century BC. Earlier writers have explored every avenue, have excelled in every type of poetry. What way is still untravelled by the chariot of song? Choerilus' response was to compose an epic poem which dealt, unusually, with a recent historical subject - the Persian Wars"--
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4 editions- Other · English · 2021Hellenistic AnthologyUniversity of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · 9781108560375
- Other · English · 2020Hellenistic AnthologyUniversity of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · 347 pages · 9781108459563
- Other · English · 2020Hellenistic AnthologyUniversity of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · 300 pages · 9781108472401
- Other · English · 1988Cambridge University Press · 288 pages · 9780521306966
Hellenistic Greek poetryGreek poetryHellenistic Greek literatureHistory and criticism