Sappho’s Iambics

Embora ao menos três fontes relacionem, em particular, os iambos como um tipo ou forma de poesia escrita por Safo, poucos especialistas dedicaram-se ao problema. A questão torna-se mais complicada pela falta de acordo sobre o sentido em que os poetas arcaicos e seu public entendiam o termo íambos. Este artigo explora nuanças do termo e, então, propõe duas questões. Em primeiro lugar, há evidência convincente de que Safo tenha realmente composto iambos? Meu argumento é que algumas de suas composições pertençam, de fato, ao grupo mais amplo da poesia de invectiva, à qual pretence também o íambos. Em segundo lugar, por que os especialistas são tão resistentes à idéia de que Safo tenha composto e executado versos invectivos? Minha opinião é que os especialistas tenderam a associar Safo a um conteúdo mélico mais propriamente “feminino”, e talvez atribuíram a Alceu alguns dos versos dela que não se enquadravam na idéia deles de propriedade lírica.Although at least three ancient sources list specifically iambics as a type or form of poetry written by Sappho, few scholars seriously address the issue. The question is complicated by the lack of agreement about the sense in which archaic poets and their audiences understood the term iambos. This article explores the nuances of the term, and then addresses two main questions: first, is there convincing evidence that Sappho did indeed compose iambics? I argue that some of her work definitely belongs to the broader group of invective poetry to which iambos also belongs. And second, why are scholars so resistant to the notion of Sappho composing and performing invective verse? I suggest that scholars have tended to associate Sappho with more proper “feminine” melic content, and may have attributed to Alcaeus some of her verses that did not fit their idea of lyric propriety

Ancient Greek Literary Letters

The first referenece to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. Letters were included in the works of historians but they also formed the basis of works of fiction, and the formal substructure for many kinds of poem. Patricia Rosenmeyer, an authority on the history of the Greek letter, assembles in this book a representative selection of such 'literary letters', from Aelian and Alciphron to Philostrartus and the supposed letters of Themistocles. The book will be valuable for all students of Greek literature especially those studying Greek (and Latin) letter

Ancient Greek Literary Letters

The first referenece to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. Letters were included in the works of historians but they also formed the basis of works of fiction, and the formal substructure for many kinds of poem. Patricia Rosenmeyer, an authority on the history of the Greek letter, assembles in this book a representative selection of such 'literary letters', from Aelian and Alciphron to Philostrartus and the supposed letters of Themistocles. The book will be valuable for all students of Greek literature especially those studying Greek (and Latin) letter

The poetics of imitation : Anacreon and the Anacreontic tradition /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276) and indexes