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Catullus
(Encyclopedia) Catullus (Caius Valerius Catullus)Catulluskətŭlˈəs [key], 84? b.c.–54? b.c., Roman poet, b. Verona. Of a well-to-do family, he went c.62 b.c. to Rome. He fell deeply in love, probably…Rivers to the Sea
Sara TeasdaleContentsSpring NightThe FlightNew Love and OldThe LookSpringThe Lighted WindowThe KissSwansThe Old MaidFrom the Woolworth TowerAt NightThe YearsPeaceAprilComeMoodsApril SongMay…Brewer's: Sapphics
A Greek and Latin metre, so named from Sappho, the inventor. Horace always writes this metre in four-line stanzas, the last being an Adonic. There must be a caesura at the fifth foot of…Greek music
(Encyclopedia) Greek music, the music of the ancient and modern inhabitants of Greece. Dormant for nearly two thousand years, Greek music underwent a musical rebirth in the 19th cent. with the…Brewer's: Atossa
Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, so called by Pope, because she was the friend of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, whom he calls Sappho. Herodotus says that Atossa, the mother of Xerxes, was a…Brewer's: Saracen Wheat
(French, Blé-sarrasin). Buckwheat; so called because it was brought into Spain by the Moors or Saracens. (See Buckwheat.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Leucadia
or Leucas. The promontory from which desponding lovers threw themselves into the sea. Sappho threw herself from this rock when she found her love for Phaon was in vain. Thence injured…ode
(Encyclopedia) ode, elaborate and stately lyric poem of some length. The ode dates back to the Greek choral songs that were sung and danced at public events and celebrations. The Greek odes of Pindar…Sara Teasdale: The Unchanging
The UnchangingSun-swept beaches with a light wind blowing From the immense blue circle of the sea, And the soft thunder where long waves whiten — These were the same for Sappho as for me.…MacKaye, Percy
MacKaye, Percy[1875-1956](2)Born at New York City, March 16, 1875. Educated at Harvard University and the University of Leipzig. He has written many poetic dramas and several volumes of…Trending
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