Ancient Greek ‘pop culture’ discovery rewrites history of poetry and song

Re:Ancient Greek ‘pop culture’ discovery rewrites history of... by MatteoFrigo on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @01:32PM (#28541977)

> Until now, ‘stressed poetry’ of this kind has been unknown before the 5th century, when it began to be used in Byzantine Christian hymns.

FWIW, some scholars argue that the Roman Saturnian verse (3rd century BC or earlier) is stressed poetry. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnian_(poetry) for examples.

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Re:Ancient Greek ‘pop culture’ discovery rewrites history of... by batrachos on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @02:50PM (#28542842)

Different language though. Greek poetry was so conservative it can be hard to tell what is a living form and what is a clever pastiche, especially as the Hellenistic era goes on.

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