The Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake. He asked the quake not to destroy his house: ...

Rhapsodes were the master storytellers of Ancient Greece who memorized and performed thousands of lines of Homer's works.

How did the Iliad, attributed to Homer and composed in the seventh century BC, quickly become famous among the Greeks?

News / Ancient Greek poems reveal a grim view of life after death By | Posted - June 29, 2005 at 2:40 p.m.

The genre of the epigram, a short poem written for a monument, emerged in Greece during the eighth century BC. By Posidippus’s day, writers composed them to be read aloud, without public ...

Dozens of epigrams (poems inscribed on stone) remain from ancient Greece. Many of these leverage the proclamation, and many claim special success.