The Three Myths 8

Two out of the three myths I read today were about famouse Greek poets. These were Simonides and Sappho. Each poet had an inffluene to ancient Greece, and to all literature lovers today. "Simonides's genius was inclined to the pathetic, and none could touch with truer effect the chords of human sympathy." (P. 162). The "Lamentation of Danae" is his most inportant fragment which remains in poetry today.

"Sappho was a poetess who flourished in a ver early age of greek literature. Of her work, few fragments remain, but there are enough to establish her claim to eminent poetical genius."(P.163). This remarkable woman shows that female, just as much as male, were recognized as geniuses. In most greek stories, men are usually the ones who are act as heroes, or become a person who is remembered through all of history. Sappho though, proved that women also had power.

The writings of these two poets, not only have showed us he mentality of greek men and women, but they also have been the source of inspiration to many writers this century. Humans may never be able tot hink the same way as these people did, because our minds have become way more lazy and unable to view life the way the ancient greeks did. Some people say that we're getting smarter by the generation, but this confidence has also caused us alot of igorance.