Sappho

people.” Additionally, he felt Danish immigrants were taking advantage of the society arguing that in return for giving them “everything”, Westergaard wanted to see their respect for democratic values, including freedom of speech. He received the Sappho award from the Danish Free Press Society for his refusal to compromise in the whole…

In the contemporary approach to literature and culture there is an opening of a new way of thinking about old concept by rethinking of sex, gender and sexuality. It assumes that sexual identity is fluid not fixed and critiques gender and sexuality. Sex and gender do not mean the same. Sex is the biological or anatomical construction that defines between the male and the female. Gender is often regarded to be the natural or innate expression of biological sex. A female is gendered feminine and a…

of his life in Sparta, is considered the first Greek lyric poet because he was the earliest to set poetry to music. Terpander was followed by Alcaeus. He used political, religious, and personal themes in his lyrics and invented the Alcaic Strophe. Sappho, the greatest woman poet in Ancient Greece, invented the Sapphic Strophe and wrote also in other lyric forms. Her poems of love and friendship are among the most finely wrought and passionate in the Western Tradition. Choral music was developed…

good deeds before death comes for him. Although there is no court system, this text portrays about how morality can influence in your judgement. In Greek culture, judgement is based on strength by Hermes. According to a painting that was made by a Sappho painter in early 5th century BC, a scale is used to measure souls based on strength. If the man is weak, he is tossed into the underworld where he is ruled by Hades who tortures them in Hell. When comparing these three sources to A Matter of…

The individuals I have chosen for my timeline are ones most of who I have never heard of before. I found all of them very interesting in that the historical events related to them have shaped our world today. Cleisthenes came to power during the Athenian Revolution when in the first time in history the common people overthrew a government to form a new one and this event is seen as the birth of democracy. He helped the Athenians develop and form a system of government in which all had a say…

would feel that they should respect the concept despite not having a name for it at the time. Even without the existence of the statue, ancient Greeks felt encouraged to pursue a similar relationship. One notable figure would be the Greek lyric poet, Sappho. She resided in Lesbos and, while known for her poetry, was also known to have female lovers like Atthis based on some of her poetry, “But you hate the very thought of me, Atthis, And you flutter after Andromeda”4(1). Her name is also the…

The foundation of Mitchell’s essay, “Her Side of His Story: A Feminist Analysis of Two Nineteenth-Century Antebellum Novels—William Wells Brown's ‘Clotel’ and Harriet E. Wilson's ‘Our Nig.’”, is how different representations of various black female writers in the nineteenth century lead to various characterizations of black women and their search for freedom. Mitchell compares William Wells Brown’s Clotel and Harriet E. Wilson’s Our Nig, two novels which Mitchell categorizes as influenced by the…

Two main forms of literature are found throughout Ancient, Classical, and Hellenistic periods—epic and lyrical poetry. Homer, author of the Odyssey and the Iliad, is a famous epic poet of the Ancient age, and Sappho is the greatest lyric poet of that same age who composed works about moods of romantic passion. Poetry was still written in Classical Greece but was emphasized in Hellenistic Greece with the works of Theocritus and Apollonius. Theocritus was a lyrical…

“I will pursue Hector who has slain him whom I loved so dearly” (Homer). Were these the words of a heartbroken wife? Or a mistress? No, these were the words of Achilles, the protagonist of the Iliad and the hero of the Trojan War. Achilles is one of the oldest and well-known characters of all time. Scholars in antiquity and artists have fallen in love with his character, inspiring artwork and works of reimagined literature and lots of discourse. One topic of discourse that has plagued both…

Right or Not? That is the Question One main reoccurring concept that was studied this quarter was the concept of feminism. Women were granted few rights in the early 1900’s, but since then, there has come many people who made a difference, whether we noticed it in a play, a story, different women, or news articles. During the 1900’s, women did not have the same amount of rights that we have today. They were suppressed in many of the actions they wanted to do. These aspects included activisms,…