In this study of poetic form in early Greek elegy, Christopher A.
Faraone argues against the prevailing assumption that it was a
genre of stichic poetry derived from or dependent on epic verse.
Faraone emphasizes the fact that early elegiac poets composed their
songs to the tune of an aulos (a kind of oboe) and used a
five-couplet stanza as a basic unit of composition. He points out
how knowledge of the elegiac stanza can give us insight into how
these poets alternated between stanzas of exhortation and
meditation, used co-ordinated pairs of stanzas to construct lengthy
arguments about excellence or proper human government, and created
generic set pieces that they could deploy in longer compositions.
Faraone's close analysis of nearly all the important elegiac
fragments will greatly enhance understanding and appreciation of
this poetic genre.
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