Best Ancient Greek Poems

Ashes Now Cover, Pantheon Of Ancient Greek Gods

Deep within halls of ancient, and dead Greek gods
resides heroes forgotten, waiting their just dues
As poets of old, in golden verse gave their nods
pleas for recognition now so sadly accrues.

Does this world wrongly deny heroes of the past
In...

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Heraclitus :
The world continues to be in a state of flux ,
Where strife (Nekos) and love (Philia) , 
Are the dividing and uniting forces in control ,
To ensure the balance and unity of the whole !
Harmony is the union of opposites ; 
Just as the...

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Friends, I present to you the very edifice of Western Philosophy 
in Verse, dating back over two thousand five hundred years of History! Based on my 
painstaking research work because of my love for Philosophy! And while doing so, I tried to 
make the complex...

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**Friends , breaking my composition  into sections , due lenght restrictions **

Thales :The First Philosopher Scientist :-

Thales visited Egypt to study geometry ,
And also developed his unusual mathematical 
ability !
Back in 585 BC he became very famous , -
By accurately predicting an eclipse of...

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Pythagoras while playing the Lyre one day ,
Formulated his musical theory as Historians say !
Just as distinct notes were produced by the varying
lengths of the Lyre strings ,
So did the planets , revolving in there divinely fixed 
frequency ratios ;
And combined to form God’s philharmonic...

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Ancient Greek and Roman Epigrams

That country wench bewitches your heart?
Hell, her most beguiling art’s
hiking her dress
to seduce you with her ankles' nakedness!
Sappho, fragment 57, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Stranger, rest your weary legs beneath the elms;
hear how coolly the breeze murmurs through their branches;
then...

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Homophily 


Refers to the tendency for people
to be attracted to likeminded people
similar in attitude,
beliefs, or aptitude,
socioeconomic status, ideas.
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Note : The contents are based on information available in Net. 

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Ancient Greek and Roman Epigrams I

Wall, we're astonished that you haven't collapsed,
since you're holding up verses so prolapsed!
Ancient Roman graffiti, translation by Michael R. Burch

You begrudge men your virginity?
Why? To what purpose?
You will find no one to embrace you in the grave.
The joys of love...

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Ancient Greek and Roman Epigrams

Stranger, rest your weary legs beneath the elms;
hear how coolly the breeze murmurs through their branches;
then take a bracing draught from the mountain-fed fountain;
for this is welcome shade from the burning sun.
—Anyte, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Here I stand, Hermes,...

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Happy birthday, Sister Sarah, 
Enjoy the verse that portrays life; 
Reading the ancient Greek drama 
Lets you forget the global strife. 

Topic: Birthday of Sarah O. Marquez (March 11)...

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Athenian Epitaphs

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato

Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only the sea gulls
in their high, lonely circuits may tell. 
—Michael R. Burch, after Glaucus

Passerby,...

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PLATO EPIGRAM TRANSLATIONS

These epitaphs and other epigrams have been ascribed to Plato...

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
But go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato

We left the thunderous Aegean
to sleep peacefully here on the plains of...

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