CLAS210 Ancient Literature: Love Poetry
List of Important Terms
Greek and Roman Lyric Poets
You should be able to identify each item, relate its importance to
specific readings, and discuss its significance to the study of ancient love poetry.
Note: These items are grouped chronologically by poet. To see the items associated with a
particular poet, click on the poet's name. Equal signs (=) indicates alternative
spellings.
HOMERIC BACKGROUND / OVIDIAN BACKGROUND / GENERAL BACKGROUND / ARCHILOCHUS / SAPPHO / ALCAEUS / STESICHORUS / ALKMAN / IBYCUS / ANACREON / SOLON / SEMONIDES / CALLIMACHUS / CORRINA / TELESILLA / ANACREONTEIA / THEOCRITUS / BION / MOSCHUS / CATULLUS / PROPERTIUS / TIBULLUS / OVID
HOMERIC BACKGROUND
ZEUS
HERA
LAY OF DEMODOCUS
APHRODITE
ARES
HEPHAESTUS
PHEMIUS
AOIDOS
DEMODOCUS
OVIDIAN BACKGROUND
CUPID (=EROS)
APOLLO
DAPHNE
PYGMALION
GALATEA
PYRAMUS
THISBE
GENERAL BACKGROUND
HORTATORY
LYRE
LYRIC
MUSE
PAEAN
HYMENAIOS
EPITHALMIUM
ELEGY
SYMPOSIUM
TYRANT
COLONIZATION
ARETE
ARCHILOCHOS=ARCHILOCHUS
AESOP
EPODE
NEOBULE
LYKAMBES
INVECTIVE
PAROS
THASOS
BON-VOYAGE POEM
HIPPONAX
MIMNERMUS=MIMNERMOS
TYRTAEUS = TYRTAIOS
SOLON
TEN AGES OF MAN
SAPPHO
LESBOS
HEKTOR
ANDROMACHE
INVOCATION
EPIPHANY
WILAMOWITZ
KLEIS
ANAKTORIA
KRETE (CRETE)
KNOSSOS
LEUKADIAN CLIFF
ALKAIOS=ALCAEUS
CONVIVIAL POEM
SYMPOTIC POEM
DIOSKOUROI (GEMINI)
KASTOR (CASTOR)
POLYDEUKES (POLLUX)
HELEN AND THETIS
SHIP OF STATE
MICROCOSM/MACROCOSM
APOSTROPHE
PITTAKOS
MYRSILOS
STEISICHORUS
PALINODE
PATRONYM
PELEUS
CHORAL POETRY
ALKMAN
HAGESICHORA
ORTHRIA
IBYKOS
POLYKRATES
SAMOS
RHEGIUM
THE NIGHTINGALE
ANAKREON = ANACREON
MONODY
HIPPARCHOS
CLEOBOLUS
TEOS
KALLIMACHOS = CALLIMACHUS
EPIGRAM
EPITAPH
CORINNA = KORINNA
HELIKON AND KITHAIRON
TELESILLA
STATUE POEM
ASKLEPIADES = ASCLEPIADES
EXCLUSUS AMATOR
ANAKREONTEIA = ANACREONTEIA
OXYMORON
BITTERSWEET LOVE
NATURE IMAGERY
WAR AND LOVE
CATALOGUE POEM
THEOKRITOS=THEOCRITUS
IDYLL
PASTORAL
BUCOLIC
SINGING MATCH
PATTERN POEM
SYRINX (PANPIPES)
MOSCHOS=MOSCHUS
EUROPA
PRIAPUS
PAN
ECHO
ALPHEUS AND ARETHUSA
DAPHNIS
LAMENT
REFRAIN
CATULLUS
VERONA
FURIUS AND AURELIUS
SPARROW POEM
DEDICATION POEM
CORNELIUS NEPOS
LESPOS
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
COLONIA
NEOTERICS
ATTIS
CYBELE
GALLI
VOLUSIUS
PROPERTIUS
DELIA
ELEGIAC COUPLET
LATIN LOVE ELEGY
STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS POEM
PROCURESS/BAWD
TIBULLUS
SUPLICIA
CERINTHUS
MESSALA
EPICUREANISM
BIRTHDAY POEM
DELIA
NEMESIS
GOLDEN AGE
OVID
CORINNA
ARS AMATORIA
REMEDIA AMORIS
TOMI
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