#greek poet

[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

[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 κλωτσᾶς.

Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος - Κατάνυξη

[chaoticsorceressztc]

All the listed fandoms shall fight to the death on this poll for dominance

WHO IS BEST FANDOM!?

Share in the reblogs to make sure your friends know of this poll's importance

[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]

[thedarkacademiagraduate]

[orgismenh]

παράξενα παιδιά

προτιμούν να καυλώνουν εξ αποστάσεως

παρά εξ επαφής

- Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος

[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.

[two-bees-poetry]

twenty years across the sea

[seamusicpoetry]

David Gompper: "Shades of Love," 3 Songs on Poetry of Constantin Cavafy

1) "To Call Up the Shades" 2) (@ 02:19): "I Went /One Night" 3) (@ 05:16) "Return/Far Off"

[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.