Aristophanes Poems - Poems about Aristophanes

...Aeschylus: "Agamemnon" A man in exile Feeds himself on barren hope Yields to fate in time Aeschylus: "Prometheus Unbound" Life's hard lesson Wrong is shameful in the old Time instructs u......

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...Aristophanes, my favourite Attic writer, When he had pen in hand, was a fighter Politics and poetics: his precious topics I know not politics, he loved but poetics Aristophanes, my favourite A......

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...tamed tragedy wept whooshing wail crept vying voluptuous trait callous comedy create mystic metamorphoses moaned felon form cloned like taunted torrent rustic waves rent hoisted horizon etc......

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...What killed Socrates. a weed or Aristophanes? What caused an end so dire? The law or just satire? The cries of ignorant crowds. or something in 'The Clouds'?......

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... Thoughts of a “Mid-Dot : (•)” A couple of centuries back, I was recognized, marked as mid-dot ; all were mesmerized. I was most required for all. I was utilized in literature exten......

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...Be born (or get born if you prefer) If you are a woman – Give birth Remember your name when in a foreign land (If you don't have one make one up) Breathe only air and at the appropriate time Dri......

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...Unquotable quotes: Teachers – XXI The pupil, the ***** and the walnut tree, the more the teacher beats them, the better they be. In the old days, teachers were born to the métier like poets; t......

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