What are the main genres of ancient Greek lyric poetry?

Lyrics in ancient Greece include a variety of themes, mainly divided into two-line poems, satirical poems, piano music and pastoral songs. Among them, many ancient Greek poets wrote double-line poems. The earliest poet is said to be Kalinos in the first half of the 7th century BC, but Szimonidesz (556-466 BC) was the best at writing this poem. Solon, the founder of Athenian democracy, also wrote many poems. However, among the lyric poems in ancient Greece, Qin Song is the most successful, which is a kind of song-like poem accompanied by music. Qin Ge can be divided into solo and chorus.

The representative figure of piano solo is the poetess Sha Fu (formerly 6 12-? )。 She was forced into exile in the political struggle between Athenian Democrats and optimates, and later founded a music school in her hometown of Lesbos. She wrote nine volumes of poetry, but only two of them are complete, and the rest are fragmentary. Her language is gorgeous, sentimental and sincere, and her subjects mostly describe lingering love. For example, her masterpiece To Anacker Tolia is deeply sad and touching. It is said that Sappho is gay. Many of her poems were publicly burned in Rome and Constantinople in 1703. However, in the ancient Greek world, Sappho had a very high status and was once called "the tenth muse" by Plato.

Besides Sappho, Alcaeus and Anacreon are also very good at composing piano solos. Alcaeus and Sappho are close friends, but their reputation is slightly inferior to Sappho's. Most of his works are about politics and war, which embodies the heroic side of Qin Ge. Later critics thought it was he and Sappho who made the ancient Greek lyric poetry reach its peak. Anacreon, on the other hand, had a bad reputation because he took refuge in the royal family and acted as a royal poet. His works are popular and fluent, and have a far-reaching influence on European poetry after16th century.

As for the chorus piano music, Pinda (5 18-442) is the most accomplished poet. He was taught by some famous musicians in Athens, and most of his poems were about praising God and the Olympic Movement. He wrote 17 volumes of poems in his life, including 4 complete volumes of Sheng Fu (45 poems by * * *). Pindar's poems have a great influence on later generations, and Milton and Goethe are interested in imitating his style.