The translations of ancient lyric poetry carried out by J. H. Voß in his youth emerged in interplay with his own early poetic production, but were already partially indebted to the normative ideal of Antiquity on which Voß's influential translations of Homer would be based. This study examines the genesis of Voß's translation ouevre and shines light on its connections to historical, late-eighteenth-century literary constellations.

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Enrica Fantino, University of Leipzig, Germany.