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Archilochus on the Moon

Archilochus on the Moon

Perril, Simon

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1848613067
ISBN13: 9781848613065
Publisher: Summertime Pub
Published: Sep 16 2013
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Archilochus on the Moon explores the tangled roots of lyric. History maintains that Archilochus was the first lyric poet, and in the ancient world he was second only to Homer in terms of poetic reputation. He was a soldier, part-slave part-aristocrat, who took part in the earliest colonial expeditions. Archilochus was famed for his metrical prowess and invention, and particularly for his association with iambic verse. But this iambic practice was no mere metrical observation. In Ancient Greece, iambic verse was as much a question of subject matter; it was a vehicle for ritual invective, obscenity, abuse and blame. When Lycambes broke off the poet's engagement to Neobule, legend has it that Archilochus wrote such scurrilous poems about the affair, that the entire family committed suicide.

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