In the landscape of ancient Greek poetry, few figures present as fascinating a paradox as Theognis of Megara. A poet whose verses have endured for over two and a half millennia, yet whose life remains shrouded in uncertainty and scholarly debate. The collection of elegiac poetry attributed to him—comprising approximately 1,400 lines—represents one of the most substantial surviving bodies of archaic Greek elegiac vers…
“The best of all things for earthly men is not to be born and not to see the beams of the bright sun; but if born, then as quickly as possible to pass the gates of Hades.”
Neighbourhood:
Ancient & Classical Poets, Classical & Ancient Poets, Greek Poets, Love Poets, Political Poets, Social Justice Poets
Emotional landscape: Sorrow, Despair, Longing
William Broome was born on 30 April 1689 and baptized three days later, on 3 May, at Haslington in Cheshire, near Crewe. He died at Bath on 16 November 1745. Although his name survives most readily in accounts of Alexander Pope’s Homer, Broome deserves attention as more than a subordinate craftsman in a famous enterprise. He was a clergyman, classicist, translator, occasional poet, schoolmaster, and ambitious partici…
“I prefix your Name to the following Poem, as a Monument of the long, and sincere Friendship I have born you: I am sensible you are too good a Judge of Poetry to approve it; however it will be a Testimony of my Respect.”
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Augustan Poets, Georgian Poets, Light Verse Poets
Emotional landscape: Sorrow, Despair, Tenderness
