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Helen , Helen
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Helen of Troy was considered the most beautiful woman on earth, who was so desirable to men that they fought the twelfth-cent… Blank Verse , Blank verse Sappho , Sappho
BORN: Between 630 and 612 bce, Lesbos, Greece
DIED: c. 570 bce, Lesbos, Greece
NATIONALITY: Greek
GENRE: Poetry
MAJOR WORKS:
Sappho: A Garland… Versification , versification, principles of metrical practice in poetry. In different literatures poetic form is achieved in various ways; usually, however, a defin… Pentameter , pentameter •bitter, committer, critter, embitter, emitter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, gritter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, permitter, pi… Anacreon , Anacreon (ənăk´rēən, –ŏn), c.570–c.485 BC, Greek lyric poet, b. Teos in Ionia. He lived at Samos and at Athens, where his patron was Hipparchus. His…
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