Information about the author:
Sergey A. Stepantsov
Sergey A. Stepantsov, PhD in Philology, Senior Researcher, А.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25 а, 121069 Moscow, Russia.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2740-004X
Abstract:
The book includes fragments of four songs by Alcaeus of Mylitene: a hymn to the divine twins Dioscuri, rescuers of seafarers in trouble, and three songs based on the tales of the Trojan War: two songs of Helen, who was the cause of the war, and a song of Ajax’ crime which brought Athena’s wrath upon the Greeks who had sacked Troy. The Greek text (reproduced mainly from E.-M. Voigt’s edition) goes along with Russian translation and a detailed commentary intended for intermediate and advanced students of ancient Greek language and literature.
Keywords: Alcaeus, early Greek lyric, early monody, Lesbian poetry, hymn, cletic hymn, Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux / Polydeukes, Helen of Troy, Ajax, Trojan war, sack of Troy, Pittacus.
