"peloponnesian" poems - Hello Poetry

ON Forty First Street near Eighth Avenue a frame house wobbles. If houses went on crutches this house would be one of the cripples. A sign on the house: Church of the Living God And Rescue Home for Orphan Children. From a Greek coffee house Across the street A cabalistic jargon Jabbers back. And men at tables Spill Peloponnesian syllables And speak of shovels for street work. And the new embankments of the Erie Railroad At Painted Post, Horse's Head, Salamanca.

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Carl Sandburg

Neighbors

ON Forty First Street near Eighth Avenue a frame house wobbles. If houses went on crutches this house would be one of the cripples. A sign on the house: Church of the Living God And Rescue Home for Orphan Children. From a Greek coffee house Across the street A cabalistic jargon Jabbers back. And men at tables Spill Peloponnesian syllables And speak of shovels for street work. And the new embankments of the Erie Railroad At Painted Post, Horse's Head, Salamanca.

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1 in the fourth book of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides tells among other things the story of his unsuccessful expedition among long speeches of chiefs battles sieges plague dense net of intrigues of diplomatic endeavours the episode is like a pin in a forest the Greek colony Amphipolis fell into the hands of Brasidos because Thucydides was late with relief for this he paid his native city with lifelong exile exiles of all times know what price that is 2 generals of the most recent wars if a similar affair happens to them whine on their knees before posterity praise their heroism and innocence they accuse their subordinates envious colleagues unfavourable winds Thucydides says only that he had seven ships it was winter and he sailed quickly 3 if art for its subject will have a broken jar a small broken soul with a great self-pity what will remain after us will it be lovers' weeping in a small ***** hotel when wall-paper dawns Zbigniew Herbert

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Sep 15, 2014

Sep 15, 2014 at 5:20 PM UTC

ewelina-pochocka

Why The Classics

1 in the fourth book of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides tells among other things the story of his unsuccessful expedition among long speeches of chiefs battles sieges plague dense net of intrigues of diplomatic endeavours the episode is like a pin in a forest the Greek colony Amphipolis fell into the hands of Brasidos because Thucydides was late with relief for this he paid his native city with lifelong exile exiles of all times know what price that is 2 generals of the most recent wars if a similar affair happens to them whine on their knees before posterity praise their heroism and innocence they accuse their subordinates envious colleagues unfavourable winds Thucydides says only that he had seven ships it was winter and he sailed quickly 3 if art for its subject will have a broken jar a small broken soul with a great self-pity what will remain after us will it be lovers' weeping in a small ***** hotel when wall-paper dawns Zbigniew Herbert

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This mind is a jam, Is a honey, is a cough syrup. A motley of chaos, in a container. This old brain from my skin, Soaked in pool of chlorine, Or an intestine. This mother of me Comes from the grandmother. This is the girdle of Venus; This simulacrum, this effigy. The tyndall effect exhibited Spread, spread, spreads A margarine of coal, inedible; It spat the meal it created! But a mind is a cog of a machine. Two is a watch; three is a clock; Hundred is a Big Ben. How can i forget this; This is self-aggrandizement! This seeming small, seeming Incapable; belching cyclone, Tending Peloponnesian war. The might and shyness, the complex Flung disguised for a dove, that Pool of roses refracted in blood This frantic trade of dagger In forms of rhymes and letters - This is it. This is mind!

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Feb 26, 2023

Feb 26, 2023 at 12:43 AM UTC

clementine_lilac

Consequence of Thought

This mind is a jam, Is a honey, is a cough syrup. A motley of chaos, in a container. This old brain from my skin, Soaked in pool of chlorine, Or an intestine. This mother of me Comes from the grandmother. This is the girdle of Venus; This simulacrum, this effigy. The tyndall effect exhibited Spread, spread, spreads A margarine of coal, inedible; It spat the meal it created! But a mind is a cog of a machine. Two is a watch; three is a clock; Hundred is a Big Ben. How can i forget this; This is self-aggrandizement! This seeming small, seeming Incapable; belching cyclone, Tending Peloponnesian war. The might and shyness, the complex Flung disguised for a dove, that Pool of roses refracted in blood This frantic trade of dagger In forms of rhymes and letters - This is it. This is mind!

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Xenophon of Athens (/ˈzɛnəfən, -ˌfɒn/; Greek: Ξενοφῶν, Ancient Greek: [ksenopʰɔ̂ːn], Xenophōn; c. 430 – 354 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, historian, soldier, mercenary, and student of Socrates. As a historian, Xenophon is known for recording the history of his time, the late-5th and early-4th centuries BC, in such works as the Hellenica, which covered the final seven years and the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), thus representing a thematic continuation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. As one of the 'Ten Thousand', Greek mercenaries, Xenophon also participated in Cyrus the Younger's failed campaign to claim the Persian throne from his brother Artaxerxes II of Persia and recounted the events in Anabasis, his most notable history. Like Plato (427–347 BC), Xenophon is an authority on Socrates about whom he wrote several books of dialogues (the Memorabilia) and an Apology of Socrates to the Jury, which recounts the philosopher's trial in 399 BC. Despite being born an Athenian citizen, Xenophon was also associated with Sparta, the traditional enemy of Athens. His pro-oligarchic politics, military service under Spartan generals in the Persian campaign and elsewhere and his friendship with King Agesilaus II endeared Xenophon to the Spartans. Some of his works have a pro–Spartan bias, especially the royal biography Agesilaus and the Constitution of the Spartans. Xenophon's works span several genres and are written in plain-language Attic Greek, for which reason they serve as translation exercises for contemporary students of the Ancient Greek language. In the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laërtius observed that as a writer Xenophon of Athens was known as the “Attic Muse”, for the sweetness of his diction (2.6).

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Nov 16, 2018

Nov 16, 2018 at 8:41 PM UTC

johnny-noiπ

Xenophon of Athens, the “Attic Muse”

Xenophon of Athens (/ˈzɛnəfən, -ˌfɒn/; Greek: Ξενοφῶν, Ancient Greek: [ksenopʰɔ̂ːn], Xenophōn; c. 430 – 354 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, historian, soldier, mercenary, and student of Socrates. As a historian, Xenophon is known for recording the history of his time, the late-5th and early-4th centuries BC, in such works as the Hellenica, which covered the final seven years and the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), thus representing a thematic continuation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. As one of the 'Ten Thousand', Greek mercenaries, Xenophon also participated in Cyrus the Younger's failed campaign to claim the Persian throne from his brother Artaxerxes II of Persia and recounted the events in Anabasis, his most notable history. Like Plato (427–347 BC), Xenophon is an authority on Socrates about whom he wrote several books of dialogues (the Memorabilia) and an Apology of Socrates to the Jury, which recounts the philosopher's trial in 399 BC. Despite being born an Athenian citizen, Xenophon was also associated with Sparta, the traditional enemy of Athens. His pro-oligarchic politics, military service under Spartan generals in the Persian campaign and elsewhere and his friendship with King Agesilaus II endeared Xenophon to the Spartans. Some of his works have a pro–Spartan bias, especially the royal biography Agesilaus and the Constitution of the Spartans. Xenophon's works span several genres and are written in plain-language Attic Greek, for which reason they serve as translation exercises for contemporary students of the Ancient Greek language. In the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laërtius observed that as a writer Xenophon of Athens was known as the “Attic Muse”, for the sweetness of his diction (2.6).

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