Poetic genres

The forms of poetry between continuity and transformation

This section of the site contains literary fragments from 4th-century authors divided by poetic genres.
The fragments are rubricated according to the author’s name and the sheets present the texts in the original language accompanied by critical apparatus, translation and commentary, as well as an essential bibliography. Filters on the web page allow searches by genre, poet’s name, and chronology (not all at once).

EPIC, ELEGY, LYRIC

The recited and sung poetry of the 4th century BC

THEATER

The fragments of the comic and tragic theater of the 4th century BC