Even though his works have been lost in time, Lasus is remembered as an innovator and a revolutionary artistic figure. He is believed to be one of the main personalities who transformed the dithyramb, ...

According to the historical and linguistic evidence, was Homer really more ancient than Hesiod, or did Hesiod actually come ...

LARNACA, Cyprus — Lyrical duelists in Cyprus spit rhymes in head-to-head contests, keeping alive a tradition known as ...

Orpheus was a world-class poet and bard. He was on the top of the world and engaged to a beautiful nymph named Eurydice.

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Two Philadelphia artists – a photographer and a performance poet – combine their shared passion for observing and documenting ...

BCE, a poetess named Sappho lived on a rocky Greek island far out in the Aegean Sea. She wrote about her love for women in ...

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Mary Barnard started translating Greek poetry as a student at Vancouver High School. At Reed College she joined a beginner writing group that called itself the Gawd-Awfullers, “to read our Gawd ...

Eric Clapton's first real attempt at songwriting needed some lyrics. A poet came through with the words of "Tales Of Brave ...