#greek poet

[orgismenh]

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

Κική Δημουλά

[mythologypaintings]

Hesiod and the Muse

Artist: Gustave Moreau (French, 1826–1898)

Date: 1891

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

Hesiod

Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.

Several of Hesiod's works have survived in their entirety. Among these are Theogony, which tells the origins of the gods, their lineages, and the events that led to Zeus's rise to power, and Works and Days, a poem that describes the five Ages of Man, offers advice and wisdom, and includes myths such as Pandora's box.

Hesiod is generally regarded by Western authors as 'the first written poet in the Western tradition to regard himself as an individual persona with an active role to play in his subject.' Ancient authors credited Hesiod and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought, Archaic Greek astronomy, cosmology, and ancient time-keeping.

[tracesofdevotion]

i’m still not over the fact that people are mad about writers using the phrase “growled” to mean “said with force” like. get a grip it’s literary. you gonna go yell at homer next

[thedarkacademiagraduate]

- Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος

[chaoticsorceressztc]

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[artemlegere]

Corinne at Cape Misene

Artist: Francois Gerard (French, 1770–1837)

Date: c. 1819-1821

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, France

Corinna

Corinna or Korinna was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia. Although ancient sources portray her as a contemporary of Pindar (born c. 518 BC), not all modern scholars accept the accuracy of this tradition. When she lived has been the subject of much debate since the early twentieth century, proposed dates ranging from the beginning of the fifth century to the late third century BC.

Corinna was from Tanagra in Boeotia. The Suda, a tenth-century encyclopedia, records that she was the daughter of Acheloodorus and Procratia, and was nicknamed Myia (Μυῖα, "the fly"). According to ancient tradition, she lived during the fifth century BC. She was supposed to have been a contemporary of Pindar, either having taught him, or been a fellow-pupil of Myrtis of Anthedon with him. Corinna was said to have competed with Pindar, defeating him in at least one poetry competition, though some sources claim five.

Corinna, like Pindar, wrote choral lyric poetry – as demonstrated by her invocation of Terpsichore, the Muse of dance and chorus, in one of her fragments. According to the Suda, she wrote five books of poetry. Her works were collected in a Boeotian edition in the late third or early second century BC, and later Hellenistic and Roman texts of Corinna derived from this.This Boeotian edition was produced in a scholarly format, with titles for the poems; it may have also included accent marks and hypotheses, but is unlikely to have included line numbers.

[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

[experiences-of-extremity]

[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 κατάνυξη στὰ πόδια σου,

γιὰ νὰ μάθεις πιὰ νὰ μὴν κλωτσ��ς.

Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος - Κατάνυξη

[mythologypaintings]

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.

[aposperiitis]

Ο Γιάννης Ρίτσος της Πρωτομαγιάς 🥀

[thedarkacademiagraduate]

[black-and-white-obsession]

Κατερίνα Γώγου

[artemlegere]

Homer Reciting His Poems in the City of Argos

Artist: Denis A. Volozan (French, 1765-1820)

Date: c. 1811

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Homer

Homer (born c. 8th century BCE) was an Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history.

[zoimpetridou]

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

Constantine P. Cavafy