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This TabStart page features a curated collection of resources that present famous verse from ancient Greek poets. The poems in the pages below are accompanied by text of the original Greek in which they were scribed. These sumptuous poems remind us that regardless of the era, the human condition has ultimately changes very little across civilizations and centuries.
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The Golden Treasury of Ancient Greek Poetry - The Golden Treasury of Ancient Greek Poetry by R.S. Wright offers countless ancient Greek poems in their original language. This brilliant resource is provided in its entirety for free by Google Books. It includes poetry by epic poets, lyric poets, dramatic poets, and Alexandrian poets.
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The Greek Poems of Sappho - Middlebury College Classics Professor William Harris's book The Greek Poems of Sappho presents the famous Greek poet's work in the original Greek with extensive analysis of the structure, meaning, and history of the poems.
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C.P. Cavafy Poetry - Famous Greek Poet in Greek and English Translations - This resource provides an extensive collection of the collected poetry of C.P. Cavafy (1863-1933). Browse through this large compilation of this beloved Greek poet's works. The pages here can direct you to both the original Greek text and English translations of the poems.
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Modern Greek Poetry - This article, found in GreekNewsOnline, discusses modern Greek poetry and reviews to anthologies of Greek poetry. You will find many samples of Greek poetry from Greek poets, Kiki Dimoula and Nikos Engonopoulos.
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Complete English Translation of The Iliad by Homer - No mention of Greek poetry would be complete without The Iliad by Homer. This epic poem is provided by the Classics Department of MIT, which provides the full text of this seminal work.
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English Translation of The Odyssey by Homer - After you finish Homer's The Iliad, you will next want to check out The Odyssey. MIT's Classics Department provides the full text of Odysseus's epic journey home.
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The Complete Poems of Sappho Translated into English - Be sure to check out The Complete Poems of Sappho translated into English by William Barnstone. This entire collection has been scanned and is available to read and search through Google Books.
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English Translations from the Greek Tragedian and Poet Aeschylus - This page from PoetSeers.org presents several poems from the works of the ancient Greek poet and dramatist Aeschylus. Included here are "The Battle of Salamis," "The Beacon Fires," and "Song of Furies."
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English Translations of Poems by Sophocles - The Poetry Archive offers a wonderful selection of poems by the Greek dramatist Sophocles, including "The Chariot Race," "Praise of Colonus," and "Strange that the Godless Prosper."
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Home: An Introduction to The Iliad and The Odyssey - Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb's Homer: An Introduction to The Iliad and The Odyssey presents an analysis of the structure and literary characteristics of these famous epic poems.
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Ancient Greek Authors - Here is an interesting website, Livius.org. The site features biographies of famous poets (and a few authors) from Ancient Greece as well as photos of busts with their likenesses.
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Biography of Homer - Learn more about the most famous Greek poet, Homer, in this detailed biography of his life and works.