This is the first book to give an introduction to all genres of early Greek hexameter poetry; not only heroic legend and the origins of the gods ... a catalogue of evidence for 'cropping and splicing' ...

The earliest origins of drama are to be found in Athens where ancient hymns ... singing, dance and poetry. And most remarkable of all the winners was said to be a wandering bard called Thespis.

They brought incredible stories to life with drama, music and dance. So, in ancient Greece ... used to accompany singing or poetry readings. The Greeks were always putting on big parties for ...

Whether carved in stone or wood, printed onto a page, beat out by a mimetic or rhythmic body, or humming in the mind, poems are meant to engrave and adhere. Ancient Greek poetry exhibits a ...

The earliest origins of drama are to be found in Athens where ancient hymns ... singing, dance and poetry. And most remarkable of all the winners was said to be a wandering bard called Thespis.

A demanding and yet not completely inaccessible show, it is at least consistent in its intense analysis of ancient works as ...

Why is this unit important? Sappho is probably the best-known author from ancient Greece in our own times. She is well known for quality of her poetry, and for being the first known woman writer of ...