The poets of Lesbos developed solo songs with lyre accompaniment (monodic lyrics). In the poetry of Alcaeus (beginning of the sixth century B.C.) the motifs of the restless life of a political fighter and emigre were mingled with the imagery of the traditional drinking song. Sappho ...
If it be true that Hiero preferred him to Pindar, and that he was a favourite with Julian, those instances suggest the charm which he must always have had for cultivated readers to whom affairs did not leave much leisure for study, and who rejoiced in a poet with whom they could live ...
Erato, the Muse of Lyrics Euterpe, the Muse of Music Thalia, the Muse of Comedy Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance and Choral Song Urania, the Muse of Astronomy Clio, the Muse of Historical and Heroic Poetry, her name meant 'Proclaimer' Polyhymnia, the Muse of...