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Early Greek Monodic Poetry: Sappho and Alcaeus
Other Titles: The Aeolic Mélos - The Poetry of Sappho and Alcaeus (Introduction, The Fragments, Commentary)
Authors: Tsomis, Georgios
Subject: HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY > ANCIENT GREEK PHILOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > POETRY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > POETRY > EROTIC POETRY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > LITERARY ANALYSIS > TEXTUAL ANALYSIS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERATURE > AUTHORS > POETS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY > LATIN PHILOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERATURE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY > LATIN PHILOLOGY > LATIN LITERATURE
Keywords:
Monodic poetry
Sappho
Alcaeus
Aeolic song
Fragments
Lesbos
Pittakos
The Sapphic question
The Sapphic circle
Hetaireia
Symposium
politics
Aeolic dialect
Aeolic metres
Prayer
Hymn
Love
Eros
Aphrodite
Invective
Allegory
Third age
Drinking songs
Wedding songs
Myth
Description:
Abstract:
This book deals with the oeuvre of Sappho and Alcaeus, who composed mainly monodic poetry. These two great poets from Lesbos, inheritors of a rich tradition of poetry and music, lived at about the same time (late 6th century, early 5th century BC). While Alcaeus' poetry was dictated primarily by his politically turbulent surroundings, Sappho's poems were the fruit of her reflections on human relationships, the interaction with the divine, primarily with Aphrodite, and the problems that preoccupied both her audience and her wider social environment. The Introduction of this book begins with a general presentation of Early Greek Lyric Poetry and then focuses on the poetry of Alcaeus and Sappho, with particular emphasis on the historical and political context in which they acted and composed their songs, and on their audiences. Chapter 2 deals with the language, the Aeolian dialect, as well as with the metres and the versification of their poetry. At Chapters 3-12 a big part of the surviving fragments from the Odes of Sappho and Alcaeus which are categorized according to their subject, is presented, translated, analyzed and interpreted . The first chapters examine fragments with a common theme, such as prayer and hymn, erotic desire and the influence of Aphrodite and Eros, politics and invective, and old age, while the last chapters discuss themes that appear only in Alcaeus' poetry or only in Sappho's: The drinking songs (Alcaeus), Sappho's wedding songs and the poetess's odes on the sorrow of separation from the Sapphic circle. The fragments are approached not only as literary texts but also as compositions reflecting the early Greek society and its institutions.
Linguistic Editors: Pitsoli, Kalli
Graphic Editors: Kraia, Argyro
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 28-09-2022
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-5726-10-2
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-120
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/8620
Bibliographic Reference: Tsomis, G. (2022). Early Greek Monodic Poetry: Sappho and Alcaeus [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-120
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Introduction
2. The Lesbian Aeolic Dialect – The Aeolic Metres
3. Prayer and Hymn in the Poetry of Sappho
4. Prayer and Hymn in the Poetry of Alcaeus
5. Erotic Desire and the Influence of Aphrodite and Eros in the Poetry of Sappho and Alcaeus
6. Alcaeus: ‘Stasiotic’ Odes – Politics and Invective
7. Alcaeus: ‘Stasiotic’ Odes - Allegorical Songs
8. Sappho: Politics and Invective
9. Alcaeus: The Drinking Songs
10. Third Age in the Poetry of Sappho and Alcaeus
11. Sappho: The Wedding Songs of Sappho
12. Sappho: The Odes on the Sorrow of Separation from the Sapphic Circle
Number of pages 378
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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