Preface ix
Abbreviations xiii
Note on Greek Text, Translation, and Transliteration xv
Metres xvii
Illustrations xix

Introduction 3
Poetry as Performance 3
Kinds and Genres 7
“Woman’s Songs” 13
Partheneia and the Girls’ Chorus 23
Lyric in the Drama 25
Echoes and Imitations of Woman’s Song in Hellenistic Poetry 28
Male and Female Authors: An Overview and Some
Conclusions 30

1 ALCMAN 34
2 SAPPHO 62
3 CORINNA 152
4 PINDAR 165
5 OTHER LYRIC POETS: MALE, FEMALE, AND ANONYMOUS 180
6 SOPHOCLES 192
7 EURIPIDES 212
8 NOSSIS 233
9 THEOCRITUS AND BION 241

Works Cited 261
Index 275