![]() These poets all belong to the world of ‘Archaic Greece’, a Mediterranean world that is bustling with trade in commerce and, equally importantly, ideas: this age witnesses the rise of the Greek polis against the backdrop of Persian aggression, the consolidation of writing as a medium for poetic expression (and otherwise) and the miracle of rationalism that was to become Greek philosophy and science. In this course of lectures we will seek to read all that has survived of Ancient Greek lyric and to contextualize it. What has survived of this poetry is beautiful, significant and recently augmented through exciting discoveries in papyrology. ![]() But these poets were highly regarded in antiquity and Sappho in particular has rightly seen her fortunes rise recently. ![]() The work of the Ancient Greek lyric poets suffered badly with the onset of the Dark Ages only a small portion of their work survives. ![]()
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