Functions, Occasions, and the Individual: Sappho and Archilochus In his introduction to Greek Lyric Poetry, scholar M.L. West explains, “all [lyric poetry] is the poetry of the present, the poetry in which people express their feelings and ideas about all their current concerns…it is all social poetry” (p. viii). It is this sentiment that lies at the core of this analysis of the Greek lyricists Sappho and Archilochus. The functions and occasions of their poetry represents the social constructs for
Although Horace himself only claimed himself modelled on one among the Greek lyric poets (Alcaeus), even a cursory glance at his Odes suggests a broader range of influences, including Sappho, Pindar, and Anacreon. The Greek lyricists affect Horace in terms of meter, subject matter and language. Often, a poem will be based on an archaic Greek poem but then diverge wildly from the original. A classic example of this is Ode 1.37, which bears some striking similarities to an Alcaeus fragment--the Horacian
Spectators from all over the world have gathered together on one stage, leaving no seat empty in the grand arena. Cheers could be heard from all over the stadium as athletes from different towns and cities come out. These people, trained and ready, have come from throughout the land, gathered together in one spot to compete against one another. This was no simple competition. Not only is it for the people, but it is also for the gods, to see who will be declared victor amongst those who call themselves
Concepts of leadership: The beginnings. In J. Thomas Wren (Ed.). Leader's companion: Insights on leadership through the ages (pp. 49-51). New York, NY: The Free Press. Edel, A. (1967). Aristotle. New York, NY: Dell Publishing. Pindar (1969). The odes of Pindar. Trans. C.M. Bowra. London, England: Penguin Books. Plato (1987). The Republic. Trans. Desmond Lee. London, England: Penguin Books. Wren, J.T. (1995). Leader's companion: Insights on leadership through the ages. New York, NY: The
Oresteia. Works Cited Aeschylus. “The Oresteia.” Aeschylus: The Oresteia. Tran. Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin Books, 1979. 99-277. Aristotle. Poetics. Tran. Gerald F. Else. Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Paperbacks, 1986. Finley, John H. Jr. Pindar and Aeschylus. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1955. ---. Four Stages of Greek Thought. Stanford: Stanford UP, 1966. Pollitt, J. J. Art and Experience in Classical Greece. London: Cambridge UP, 1979. Taplin, Oliver. Greek Tragedy in Action. London:
Throughout history, sports have played a variety of important functions in society as a form of recreation; preparation for war or the hunt; or later, as a substitute for war. Sports have undergone many changes; some have stayed much the same (e.g. wrestling); while others have adapted with the times. New sports are always being invented and developed. One of the oldest recorded forms of sports was bull-leaping in the Greek island of Crete, where slaves jumped over the horns of a bull. The ancient
The 18th century is well known for its complex artistic movements such as Romantism and Neo-classical. The leading style Rococo thrived from 1700-1775 and was originated from the French words rocaille and coquille which meant “rock” and “shell”; used to decorate the Baroque gardens1. Identified as the age of “Enlightenment”, philosophers would ignite their ideas into political movements1. Associated with this movement is England’s John Locke who advanced the concept of “empiricism”. This denotes
7th century bc there were also professional charioteers from the lower classes. Greek chariots were light, two-wheeled vehicles driven with the driver standing up. Accidents were frequent, and emotions often reached a high pitch. Greek lyric poet Pindar, who sometimes wrote victory odes for the owners of winning teams, tells of one race in which 40 teams were entered but only one finished. Chariot racing was a popular theme in Greek art, appearing in sculpture, vase painting, and engravings on coins
Milton returned to England about 1641 when the political and religious affairs were very disturbing to many. He started to apply his work in practice for that one great work like Paradise Lost when penning the Sonnets. Not every sonnet is identical but they can be difficult in interpretation, styles, word use, and so forth. The purpose of this paper is to analyze Milton’s Sonnet 8 (ca 1642), “Captain or Colonel.” This will be done by explaining the type of theme and then separating the sonnet into
Resilience, and Redemption and Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin as one of the classic popular history book. Works Cited Gross, Daniel. "What's the Best Fix?" Newsweek, January 12, 2009. Pindar, Ian. "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes." The Guardian, August 9, 2009. Shlaes, Amity. “The Forgotten Man” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2lldqjiVwM. Shlaes, Amity. The Forgotten Man: A New History of the
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From Nestor giving advice to his son on how to win a chariot race, to Pat Summitt strongly encouraging her team to play with more effort, coaches have always been seen as essential figures in terms of motivating athletes and developing and achieving both individual and team success in sports. Due to the important role coaches play, it is thus an interesting question to examine; how do the coaching strategies/philosophies and attitudes towards career planning in the modern world compare with those
goes to support the paragraph before this one stating how they a just pushing forth an agenda that they don’t even know to be true, but no matter what they know, they are still pushing forward this New World Agenda. “Rothschild (Bauer or Bower) – Pindar, Bruce, Cavendish (Kennedy), De Medici, Hanover, Hapsburg, Krupp, Plantagenet, Rockefeller, Romanov, Sinclair (St. Clair), Warburg (Del Banco), and Windsor (Saxe-Coburg-Gothe). The Earth is divided between these 13 ruling families to fulfill a certain
Today we look at Aphrodite as a goddess of love, desire, and beauty, but in ancient Greece she was an Olympian who was worshipped on many other occasions for a great array of reasons. Her powers carried weight in the many realms of love, protection, desire, and even war. Aphrodite was said to be born of the sea from the severed genitals of Ouranos. While the myth says she washed upon the shores of Cyprus in the foam of the ocean, her actual origins are more unclear. She does not seem to be native
The near-poetic density of the language of John Grady Cole helps the author to speak volumes without having to beat the reader over the head with obvious conclusions. "Evocal to the intelligent alone--for the rest they need interpreters." --Motto Pindar, Olympian Odes, 2:85-6
them and to live with them. Camus does this; no more and no less. He becomes, as it were, a saint without a God. One could do worse than recall the epigraph which Camus uses at the beginning of The Myth of Sisyphus. He quotes from the Greek poet, Pindar, writing in the 5th century B.C.; "O my soul, do not aspire to immortal live, but exhaust the limits of the possible".
The Olympics The Olympics are a huge sporting event that contains many different sports and consists of many different countries from around the world. Back in ancient Greece is where the ancient Olympics originated. It was primarily a part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus the father of Greek Gods and Goddesses. The Olympics where held at the sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia, which is in Western Peloponnesos. From 776 BC, the games took place at Olympia every 4 years for almost 12 centuries
In Greek mythology, Aletheia is the personified spirit of truth and sincerity. Pindar, an ancient Greek lyric poet, prayed to Alatheia “who art the beginning of great virtue” for protection of his “good-faith from stumbling against rough falsehood” (Atsma). Greeks’ worship of Alatheia emphasizes the sacredness of truth as the origin
Learning from Ancient and Modern Themes and Customs It has been said that there are under thirty plots in the world, and that all stories, in all languages, all over the world and throughout history, are simply variations on these. Parallels can be drawn between all literature; however, classical mythology has had particularly far-reaching effects on our present civilization. Modern society holds a fascination with Greek and Roman society, and classical literature and mythology are certainly no
accounts Io is in fact Perseus’ very distant grandmother has no part in the myth of Perseus. Secondly, the depiction of Perseus’ birth is different in both versions. Clash of the Titans depicts Zeus as a human who has slept with Danaë. Nevertheless, Pindar states that Perseus “we say, was born from the shower of gold”, the form in which Zeus took to impregnate Danaë. Thirdly, a big variation is the events surrounding Danaë and those leading to the search for the Gorgons head. In Clash of the Titans