Iambus
51Iamb — An iamb or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry. Originally the term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in i amb). This… …
52Masnavi — This article is about the Masnavi i Ma navi of Rumi; for the masnavi poetic form, see Masnavi (poetic form). The Masnavi, Masnavi I Ma navi (Persian: مثنوی معنوی) or Mesnevi (Turkish), also written Mathnawi, Ma navi, or Mathnavi, is an extensive… …
53Urdu poetry — (Urdu: اردو شاعری Urdu Shayari) is a rich tradition of poetry and has many different types and forms. Borrowing much from the Persian language, it is today an important part of Pakistani and North Indian culture. Like other languages, the history …
54Dithyramb — Attic relief (4th century BCE) depicting an aulos player and his family standing before Dionysos and a female consort, with theatrical masks displayed above. The dithyramb (διθύραμβος – dithurambos) was an ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in… …
55Peter Porter (poet) — Peter Neville Frederick Porter (born 16 February 1929) is an Australian born British poet. He was a regular participant in the weekly meetings of The Group.LifePorter was born in Brisbane, Australia, in 1929. His mother died in 1938. He emigrated …
56Gnomic poetry — For the map projection see Gnomonic projection; for the game, see Nomic. Gnomic poetry consists of maxims put into verse to aid the memory. They were known by the Greeks as gnomes, from the Greek word for an opinion . A gnome was defined by the… …
57Nine lyric poets — The nine muses: Clio, Thalia, Erato, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Terpsichore, Urania, Melpomene The nine lyric poets (nine melic poets) were a canon of archaic Greek composers esteemed by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria as worthy of… …
58Olympus (musician) — For other uses, see Olympus. Olympus (or Olympos, Greek: Ὄλυμπος) is the name of to two ancient Greek musicians, one mythical who lived before the Trojan war, and one apparently real, who lived in the 7th century BC. Both musicians were connected …
59Jiddisches Theater — Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Ursprünge 2 Nachbiblische Periode 3 Jüdisches Theater 4 Weblinks // Ursprünge …
60Quintus Horatius — Horaz (Phantasiedarstellung nach Anton von Werner) Horaz (Aussprache: [hoˈʀats], * 8. Dezember 65 v. Chr. in Venusia; † 27. November 8 v. Chr.), eigentlich Quintus Horatius Flaccus, ist neben Vergil einer der bedeutendsten römischen Dichter der… …
