Lyric Poetry (Sappho) - Lecture notes 22 PDF

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Lyric Poetry (Sappho) Thursday, January 19, 2017

10:48 AM

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Female poet Archaic Age Height of her work around 590 BC Adages by Sappho → Wealth without virtue is no harmless neighbor - Money is the root of all evil → When anger spreads inside your breast keep watch against an idly barking tongue - Think before you speak → Fool, don't try to bend a stubborn heart - Can't teach an old dog new tricks Concept of love as an irrational power falling like sickness upon men The symptoms of love are similar to virus Eros → Eros is a child with bow and arrows → Lead arrows make someone repulsed by love, gold arrows make someone fall in love → Responsible for unpredictability of love Feminists might quote Sappho, but Sappho is not a feminist as feminism did not exist in ancient Greece Sappho lives on the island of Lesbos (capitol Mytilene) Family was exiled there because of their political beliefs Women's reputations are contingent on the men in their lives Sappho's brother tarnishes her reputation Aristocratic ideal → One should be a delight to his friends and a bane to his enemies Sappho looks into the heart of women and the passage into womanhood

"To do or to make" ◊ ◊ ◊

French- Faire Spanish- Hacer German- Machen

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German Machen Italian- Fare Ancient Greek- Poesis → Poem/poet

Lyric Poetry ◊

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Poetry accompanies the lyre → Lyre → Kithara (guitar) → Aulos (flute) → Diaulos (double flute) Role in cult → To placate/honor the gods Role in domestic traditions → Work songs → Threnos (deathbed song) → Hymenaios (bride song) Folk songs...