Download or read book Elegy and Iambus written by Anacreon and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume II. Part II. Iambic Poetry. Archilochus (sixth century B.C.), famous composer of elegies, hymns, etc. -- more than 200 fragments, some substantial. (We include the remarkable 'Archilochus Monument' and the work done on the text by Edmonds). Semonides of Amorgos -- more than 40 fragments (one is a poem of 118 lines); Hermippus, Scythinus.