Ancient Poets

By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide

When the ancient Greeks first sang songs to the accompaniment of the musical instrument called a lyre, they were creating lyric poetry. Lyric poetry came to mean more than just poetry to musical accompaniment, but also poetry about emotions. Shakespeare's sonnet are a popular form of lyric poetry in the more modern world. Elegies were originally mournful poems. This ancient poets picture gallery contains an introduction to a dozen of the most important ancient poets.

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Sappho - Greek Poet	Menander - Greek Poet	Aeschylus - Greek Playwright	Sophocles - Greek Playwright
Euripides - Greek Playwright	Aristophanes - Comic Playwright	Terence - Latin Comic Playwright	Lucretius - Roman Epicurean Philosopher and Epic Poet
Catullus - Latin Poet	Vergil - Latin Poet	Horace - Latin Poet	Ovid - Latin Poet

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Ancient Poets

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