#greek poet

[orgismenh]

Όλοι έχουμε μέσα μας μιαν άλλη ζωή η οποία ενοχλεί, απαιτεί, παραπονιέται, δεν έζησε.

Κική Δημουλά

[thedarkacademiagraduate]

- Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustration from The Idyls of Theocritus by W. Russell Flint (1922)

[mmmm-burnt-eggs]

You see enough things on Tumblr and you realize.

They made so much shit up

Goncharov the movie? Fake.

Mesperyian the Goddess of torture and punishment? GUESS WHAT? FAKE.

NEED I EVEN MENTION THE POST ABOUT THE GREEK POET EURINOSSE?

WRITER OF SUCH TRAGEDIES AS "THE FIFTH ORACLE JOHNAFIF" AND "PYTRISHIUS"?

NEED I?

[oh-dear-so-queer]

Sexual activity between women, which had previously been ignored, glossed over or referred to only in discreet private letters, started to be discussed more widely, and gossip and accusations published. Women lovers of women were called 'tommies' in slang, but the classically educated spoke of 'sapphists' – from the Greek poet Sappho who wrote of her love for women.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

[black-and-white-obsession]

Απόσπασμα από την «εποχή των κερασιών» του Γιώργου Δομιανού.

[mythological-art]

The Death of Sappho

Artist: Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771-1835)

Date: 1801

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Baron-Gérard, Bayeux

DESCRIPTION

The painting depicts Ancient Greek poet Sappho's alleged suicide by jumping from a cliff in Lefkada, thus accepting the legendary claim that she took her own life as a result of an unrequited love she had for the young Phaon, who is actually a mythological character.

The figure of Sappho stands out on the edge of a cliff, in a nocturnal landscape illuminated by the rays of the moon, which appears reflected in the dark sea in front of her. The scene seems to anticipate the one illustrated by Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi in the poem "Last Song of Sappho" of 1822. She takes with her transparent veil, her lyre, which she helds high. Behind her, there is a sacrificial altar. In contrast to a static vision of the neoclassical ideal, Gros therefore outlines the traits of a romantic figure, who entrusts the end of his life for love to nature.

[experiences-of-extremity]

[aposperiitis]

Ο Γιάννης Ρίτσος της Πρωτομαγιάς 🥀

[orgismenh]

Ἔλα νὰ ἀνταλλάξουμε κορμὶ καὶ μοναξιά.

Νὰ σοῦ δώσω ἀπόγνωση, νὰ μὴν εἶσαι ζῷο,

νὰ μοῦ δώσεις δύναμη, νὰ μὴν εἶμαι ράκος.

Νὰ σοῦ δώσω συντριβή, νὰ μὴν εἶσαι μοῦτρο,

νὰ μοῦ δώσεις χόβολη, νὰ μὴν ξεπαγιάσω.

Κι ὕστερα νὰ πέσω μὲ κατάνυξ�� στὰ πόδια σου,

γιὰ νὰ μάθεις πιὰ νὰ μὴν κλωτσᾶς.

Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος - Κατάνυξη

[thedarkacademiagraduate]

[heimonas]

του Κωστή Μοσκώφ.

[zoimpetridou]

When you set sail for Ithaca, wish for the road to be long, full of adventures, full of knowledge.

Constantine P. Cavafy

[undiagnosedsworld-blog]

Εχω μια κουρασμένη ψυχή

Που ο νους δεν μπορεί να φανταστεί

Όλα τελείωσαν

Ολα έσβησαν

Εχω μια κουρασμένη ψυχή

Και αισθήματα πεταμένα κάθε λογής

Ολα ξεχαρβαλωμενα

Ολα ταλαιπωρημενα

Εχω μια κουρασμένη ψυχή

Δεν μου μυρίζει πια η ευτυχία

Ολα μπουκωμένα

Ολα κατεστραμενα

Θολές και απελπιστες σκέψεις όπω�� τις σκέφτεται ένας .... σαν και εμένα

[black-and-white-obsession]

Κατερίνα Γώγου

[feedergoldfish]

The Turn of a Dragonfly's Wing Being but man, forbear to say Beyond to-night what thing shall be, And date no man's felicity.           For know, all things           Make briefer stay Than dragonflies, whose slender wings       Hover, and whip away.

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Simonides of Ceos (556-468 BC) via my favorite poetry site First Known When Lost.