CLAS 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lyric Poetry, Ancient Greek Literature, Epic Poetry
20 Apr 2019
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Ibycus: unsure-mix of both? parties (semi-public: choral: sung by a group of voices, geographically from the west, public, lyrikos = hellenistic/alexandrian word ( accompanied to any stringed instrument , elegy comes from lamentation (ex. Elegy: not lyric to the greeks, but lyric to us (german influence: semonides: vitriol against married women, iambic, should we take his work seriously- probably not (ancestor of satire) Elegy/iambic: not lyric to the greeks, but lyric to us: alcaeus: political. Lyric: amacreon: lighter and more charming in terms of love, drink up . Lyric: pindar: olympic odes, celebration of victorious athletes, ancestors of the athlete (expands into mythology), his role in the city, the kings themselves are the ones who compete and win. Reclining on couches--north palestinian custo vs homeric sitting) - in homer no one is reclining, these are eastern images. Lyric poetry: internalization of perspectives; individual; historical present. Lyric poets use homer differently, engages with homer but brings it back to the present.
