CivilWar’s Reviews > Archaic Greek Poetry: An Anthology > Status Update
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Read through Sappho's section and holy shit I think I genuinely did not get Sappho the first time I read her with only some context but compared to other Greek archaic poets (and maybe all ancient poetry) only Catullus gets close to being this modern and effective at expressing his emotions; fascinating glimpse, small as it is, into female socialization at the time too.
— Jan 09, 2024 06:02AM
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CivilWar
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only Pindar left - embarrassingly, I am very unfamiliar with Pindar, despite his importance to archaic Greek poetry. We'll solve that rn
— Jan 21, 2024 05:37AM
CivilWar
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Fragmentary poets done - Sappho is indeed the best one and it's not even a competition (the tenth muse indeed). Anakreon is pretty fun too though ngl, as are quite a few of other poems here.
— Jan 19, 2024 04:46AM
