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The Praise Singer
The Praise Singer
Author: Mary Renault
In the story of the great lyric poet Simonides, Mary Renault brings alive a time in Greece when tyrants kept an unsteady rule and poetry, music, and royal patronage combined to produce a flowering of the arts. — Born into a stern farming family on the island of Keos, Simonides escapes his harsh childhood through a lucky apprenticeship with a reno...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394502731
ISBN-10: 0394502736
Publication Date: 10/12/1978
Pages: 290
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Publisher: Pantheon
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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