First published in French in two volumes (La Littérature grecque d'Homère à Aristote
and La Littérature grecque d'Alexandre à Justinien) in 1990 by Presses Universitaires de
France

First published in English 1999
by Routledge
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© 1990 Suzanne Saïd and Monique Trédé

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Saïd Suzanne.
A short history of Greek literature/Suzanne Saïd and Monique Trédé;
translated by Trista Selous and others.
p. cm.
'First published in French in two volumes (La littérature grecque d'Homère à Aristote
and La littérature grecque d'Alexandre à Justinien) in 1990 by Presses Universitaires de
France'-T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Greek literature-History and criticism. I. Trédé, Monique. II, Saïd, Suzanne,
Littérature grecque d'Homère à Aristote. III Saïd Suzanne. Littérature grecque
d'Alexandre à Justinien). IV. Title.
PA3055.S25 1999
880.9'001-dc21
99-19803
CIP

ISBN 0-415-12271-6 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-12272-4 (pbk)

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