Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Tyrtaeus, Red, Hipponax

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Christopher Brown

Document Summary

This title is somewhat misleading, although it has been important for many intellectual histories of greece. A great deal of lyric" poetry was written down during the 7th and 6th centuries bc little has survived into the modern world. There were clearly rich and varied traditions of solo-song stretching well back to the. We use the word lyric to refer to a broad range of personal poetry. The word properly refers to poetry sung to the accompaniment of a lyre (lyra) The aulos was also used to accompany some kinds of poetry. The early greeks often used the word melos ( song") Very different from modern notions of personal poetry a spontaneous outpouring of emotion (wordsworth) It was sung and so performed, not designed for reading. Doric dialect common in some types, ionic in others (even when produced in non-dorian and non-ionian communities). Elegy poetry of sorrow, lamentation varied applications. Alcman earliest (7th century) poet, poetry centred around young women/rituals.