"of a wax tablet; the inscription has not survived, so there can be no way to identify the writer for whom it was made. In the literature that has accumulated about this diptych, various prominent figures have been offered as candidates: Ausonius, Boethius, and Claudian, and even earlier figures, like Ennius and Seneca, with whom the donor wished to be associated The muse represented is Erato, muse of lyric poetry, with her usual attribute, the cithara, which she rests upon an ornately fluted column. The poet on the facing panel is seated, roused from his contemplation by the inspiring presence"
"their own tongue"". Jonathan Wordsworth, a great-nephew of William Wordsworth, dubbed her, in 1994, ""The Poet of Friendship"", predicting on BBC Radio Cumbria in 1998 that ""Susanna will eventually be seen as important as the other Romantic poets writing during the eighteenth century, and should be more widely read"". In ""The New Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry"" he likened Blamire's social position to that of Jane Austen: ‘the well-to-do maiden aunt’s life of good works and humorous observation'. Susanna Blamire Susanna Blamire (1747–1794) was an English Romantic poet, known as ""The Muse of Cumberland"" because many of her poems depict"
"change in the direction of the poem. Erato In Greek mythology, Erato (; Ancient Greek: Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses. The name would mean ""desired"" or ""lovely"", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his ""Argonautica"". Erato is the Muse of love poetry. In the Orphic hymn to the Muses, it is Erato who charms the sight. Since the Renaissance she has mostly been shown with a wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre, or a small kithara, a musical"
"The Mirror of Love The Mirror of Love is an epic poem by Alan Moore, written in the form of a romantic letter. Sappho, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, and many others are woven into this rich, visceral piece, which documents the history of same-sex love throughout mankind's history, and comments on its modern-day state. It was originally written fourteen years ago in a comic form (as part of an AARGH!, or Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia, comic anthology) as a protest against Britain's homophobic Section 28. It was also converted into a stage production. In 2004, Moore teamed"
"Erato In Greek mythology, Erato (; Ancient Greek: Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses. The name would mean ""desired"" or ""lovely"", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his ""Argonautica"". Erato is the Muse of love poetry. In the Orphic hymn to the Muses, it is Erato who charms the sight. Since the Renaissance she has mostly been shown with a wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre, or a small kithara, a musical instrument often associated with Apollo. In Simon"
"up with illustrator José Villarrubia, and the duo re-released the work, adding photographs to each poetic passage. The Mirror of Love The Mirror of Love is an epic poem by Alan Moore, written in the form of a romantic letter. Sappho, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, and many others are woven into this rich, visceral piece, which documents the history of same-sex love throughout mankind's history, and comments on its modern-day state. It was originally written fourteen years ago in a comic form (as part of an AARGH!, or Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia, comic anthology) as a protest"
"Calliope In Greek mythology, Calliope ( ; , ""Kalliopē"" ""beautiful-voiced"") is the muse who presides over eloquence and epic poetry; so called from the ecstatic harmony of her voice. Hesiod and Ovid called her the ""Chief of all Muses"". One account says Calliope was the lover of the war god Ares, and bore him several sons: Mygdon, Edonus, Biston, and Odomantus (or Odomas), respectively the founders of Thracian tribes known as the Mygdones, Edones, Bistones, and Odomantes. Otherwise these children were attributed to her namesake Calliope, daughter of river-god Nestus. Calliope also had two famous sons, Orpheus and Linus, by"
"lyrical poetry), Terpsichore (muse of dancing), Erato (muse of erotic poetry), Thalia (muse of comedy), Polyhymnia (muse of hymns), and Urania (muse of astronomy). She is also the mother of several of the Sirens, the divine handmaidens of Kore (Persephone/Proserpina) who were cursed by her mother, Demeter/Ceres, when they were unable to prevent the kidnapping of Kore (Persephone/Proserpina) by Hades/Pluto. In Roman and Greek poetry, it was traditional to invoke the goddess Melpomene so that one might create beautiful lyrical phrases (see Horace's Odes). Melpomene Melpomene (; ), initially the Muse of Chorus, she then became the Muse of Tragedy,"
"Euterpe In Greek mythology, Euterpe (/juːˈtɜːrpiː/; Greek: Eὐτέρπη, Ancient Greek: [eu̯térpɛː]; ""rejoicing well"" or ""delight"" from Ancient Greek εὖ 'well' + τέρπειν terpein 'to please') was the one of the Muses, presiding over music. In late Classical times, she was named muse of lyric poetry. She has been called “Giver of delight” by ancient poets. Euterpe was born as one of the daughters of Mnemosyne, Titan goddess of memory, and fathered by Zeus, god of the gods. Her sisters include Calliope (muse of epic poetry), Clio (muse of history), Melpomene (muse of tragedy), Terpsichore (muse of dancing), Erato (muse of"
"Polyhymnia Polyhymnia (; ; ""the one of many hymns""), also spelt Polymnia (Πολύμνια) was in Greek mythology the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance, and eloquence as well as agriculture and pantomime. Her name comes from the Greek words ""poly"" meaning ""many"" and ""hymnos"", which means ""praise"". She is depicted as very serious, pensive and meditative, and often holding a finger to her mouth, dressed in a long cloak and veil and resting her elbow on a pillar. Polyhymnia is also sometimes credited as being the Muse of geometry and meditation. In Bibliotheca historica, Diodorus Siculus wrote, ""Polyhymnia, because"
"is more similar to Romanticism. A poet in search of freedom and Maria Gertrudis Hore Law (1742-1801) María Gertrudis Hore María Gertrudis Hore (1742 - 1801) was a Spanish poet. She began as a socialite of Irish immigrant parents. In 1762 she married and then sixteen years after that she became a nun. In the convent she wrote poetry and became known as the ""Daughter of the Sun"" for her renown. Friendship among women is a theme in some of her works. She has also been described as self-referential and, despite being a nun, occasionally erotic in poetry. Additionally she"
"in their social standing, so the poet's focus on women's pleasure and sexual agency is rare for the period. The discovery and subsequent analysis of l'Aubespine's literary work has opened new avenues for the discussion of early modern gender and sexual roles and renaissance women's poetry. Madeleine de l’Aubespine Madeleine de l'Aubespine (1546 Villeroy, Burgundy – 1596) was a French aristocrat, lady in waiting to Catherine de Medicis, poet, and literary patron. She was one of the only female poets praised by ""the prince of poets,"" Pierre de Ronsard and she was one of the earliest female erotic poets. Madeleine"
"Susanna Blamire Susanna Blamire (1747–1794) was an English Romantic poet, known as ""The Muse of Cumberland"" because many of her poems depict rural life in the county and, therefore, provide a valuable contradistinction to those amongst the poems of William Wordsworth that regard the same subject, in addition to those of the other Lake Poets, especially those of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and in addition to those of Lord Byron, whose ""The Prisoner of Chillon"" she may have influenced. Blamire composed much of her poetry outside, sat beside a stream in her garden at Thackwood. She also played the guitar and"
"Thalia (Muse) Thalia (; ; ""the joyous, the flourishing"", from , ""thállein""; ""to flourish, to be verdant""), also spelled Thaleia, was the goddess who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry. In this context her name means ""flourishing"", because the praises in her songs flourish through time. She was the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the eighth-born of the nine Muses. According to pseudo-Apollodorus, she and Apollo were the parents of the Corybantes. Other ancient sources, however, gave the Corybantes different parents. She was portrayed as a young woman with a joyous air, crowned with ivy, wearing boots and holding a"
"love poetry, with its complex use of literary conceits, as anticipating that of the metaphysical poets in the next century. More recently, the critic Patricia Thomson describes Wyatt as ""the Father of English Poetry"". Many legends and conjectures have grown up around the notion that the young, unhappily married Wyatt fell in love with the young Anne Boleyn in the early-to-mid-1520s. Their acquaintance is certain, but whether or not the two shared a romantic relationship remains unknown. The nineteenth-century critic George Gilfillan implies that Wyatt and Boleyn were romantically connected. In his verse Wyatt calls his mistress Anna and allegedly"
"Hope Mirrlees (Helen) Hope Mirrlees (8 April 1887 – 1 August 1978) was a British translator, poet and novelist. She is best known for the 1926 ""Lud-in-the-Mist"", a fantasy novel and influential classic, and for """", a modernist poem that critic Julia Briggs deemed ""modernism's lost masterpiece, a work of extraordinary energy and intensity, scope and ambition."" Born in Chislehurst, Kent and raised in Scotland and South Africa, Mirrlees attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before going up to Newnham College, Cambridge to study Greek. While at Cambridge, Mirrlees developed a close relationship with famous classicist Jane Ellen Harrison,"
"depends for its effect on a sophisticated deployment of the strategies of traditional Greek rhetorical genres. In antiquity Sappho's poetry was highly admired, and several ancient sources refer to her as the ""tenth Muse"". The earliest surviving poem to do so is a third-century BC epigram by Dioscorides, but poems are preserved in the ""Greek Anthology"" by Antipater of Sidon and attributed to Plato on the same theme. She was sometimes referred to as ""The Poetess"", just as Homer was ""The Poet"". The scholars of Alexandria included Sappho in the canon of nine lyric poets. According to Aelian, the Athenian"
"Dichterliebe Dichterliebe, ""A Poet's Love"" (composed 1840), is the best-known song cycle of Robert Schumann (Op. 48). The texts for the 16 songs come from the ""Lyrisches Intermezzo"" of Heinrich Heine, written 1822–23 and published as part of the poet's ""Das Buch der Lieder"". Following the song-cycles of Franz Schubert (""Die schöne Müllerin"" and ""Winterreise""), those of Schumann constitute part of the central core of the genre in musical literature. Author of the sarcastic ""Die Romantische Schule"", Heine was a vocal critic of German romanticism, though he himself is often described as a quintessentially Romantic writer. In some of his"
"Muses In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, ""Moũsai"") are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They are considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric songs, and myths that were related orally for centuries in these ancient cultures. In current English usage, ""muse"" can refer in general to a person who inspires an artist, musician, or writer. The word ""Muses"" (, ""Moũsai"") perhaps came from the o-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root *""men-"" (""to think"") or from root *""men-"" (""to tower, mountain"") since all the most important cult-centres of the"
"she was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of the 2015 LGBT History Month. Notes Further reading Katharine Lee Bates Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American writer, poet, professor, and social activist. Although she was a renowned author and professor during her lifetime, today she is primarily remembered as the author of the words to the anthem ""America the Beautiful"". For 25 years, she lived with her long-time friend and companion, Katharine Coman. Bates was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts, the daughter of Congregational pastor William Bates and Cornelia Frances"
"of mythology. The ""Amores"" is a collection in three books of love poetry in elegiac meter, following the conventions of the elegiac genre developed by Tibullus and Propertius. Elegy originates with Propertius and Tibullus; however, Ovid is an innovator in the genre. Ovid changes the leader of his elegies from the poet, to Amor (love). This switch in focus from the triumphs of the poet, to the triumphs of love over people is the first of its kind for this genre of poetry. This Ovidian innovation can be summarized as the use of love as a metaphor for poetry. The"
"use. It contains collections of lyrics by 31 poets: 25 are named Minnesänger and the other six are not named, but the authors are identifiable from texts preserved in other MSS. The MS. contains miniatures of the 25 named Minnesänger, two half-page, the rest full-page. Most of the poems are love lyrics but among the anonymous material are a poem in praise of the virgin (""Marienlob""), and the ""Minnelehre"" (""Art of Love"") of . The ordering of the poets broadly reflects their place in the social hierarchy, starting with the Emperor Henry VI, followed by the counts and then other"
"Moschus Moschus (), ancient Greek bucolic poet and student of the Alexandrian grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace, was born at Syracuse and flourished about 150 BC. Aside from his poetry, he was known for his grammatical work, nothing of which survives. His few surviving works consist of an epyllion, the ""Europa"", on the myth of Europa, three bucolic fragments and a whole short bucolic poem ""Runaway Love"", and an epigram in elegiac couplets. His surviving bucolic material (composed in the traditional dactylic hexameters and Doric dialect) is short on pastoral themes and is largely erotic and mythological; although this impression may"
"Elizabeth Wade White Elizabeth Wade White (June 8, 1906 – December 11, 1994) was an American author, poet, and activist. She was a lover of Valentine Ackland and wrote ""The Life of Anne Bradstreet: The Tenth Muse"", about the early American poet and first American writer to be published in the Thirteen Colonies. Elizabeth Wade White was born at 107 Prospect Street, Waterbury, Connecticut, the first child of William Henry White (1876–1952) and Mary Elizabeth Wade (1878–1949). She had one brother, Henry Wade White (1909–1995). Her paternal grandfather was George Luther White (1852–1914), one of the leading American paper box"
"though most mythographers credit Marsyas or Athena with its invention. Some say she also invented other wind instruments. Euterpe is often depicted holding a flute in artistic renditions of her. Euterpe In Greek mythology, Euterpe (/juːˈtɜːrpiː/; Greek: Eὐτέρπη, Ancient Greek: [eu̯térpɛː]; ""rejoicing well"" or ""delight"" from Ancient Greek εὖ 'well' + τέρπειν terpein 'to please') was the one of the Muses, presiding over music. In late Classical times, she was named muse of lyric poetry. She has been called “Giver of delight” by ancient poets. Euterpe was born as one of the daughters of Mnemosyne, Titan goddess of memory, and"
"Musaeus of Athens Musaeus of Athens (, ""Mousaios"") was a legendary polymath, philosopher, historian, prophet, seer, priest, poet, and musician, said to have been the founder of priestly poetry in Attica. He composed dedicatory and purificatory hymns and prose treatises, and oracular responses. Herodotus reports that, during the reign of Peisistratus at Athens, the scholar Onomacritus collected and arranged the oracles of Musaeus but inserted forgeries of his own devising, later detected by Lasus of Hermione. The mystic and oracular verses and customs of Attica, especially of Eleusis, are connected with his name. A ""Titanomachia"" and ""Theogonia"" are also attributed"
"complement to - love-making. The final two stanzas shift focus again to being purely about love-making. Both the rhyme scheme and meter are irregular, though translators such as John Symonds have sometimes forced the poem into rhyming couplets. Because the poem is only known from a single source, transcription errors, partly illegible phrases, and other mistakes are difficult to identify with certainty and translators and commentators have made a number of emendations to the text. For example, the first line of the fourth stanza in the original text contains the name of Orpheus, the legendary poet and singer from Greek"
"Radclyffe Hall Marguerite Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) was an English poet and author. She is best known for the novel ""The Well of Loneliness"", a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. Marguerite Radclyffe Hall was born in 1880 at ""Sunny Lawn"", Durley Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset), to a wealthy philandering father, Radclyffe Radclyffe-Hall, and an unstable mother, Mary Jane Diehl. Her stepfather was the professor of singing Albert Visetti, whom she did not like and who had a tempestuous relationship with her mother. Hall was a lesbian and described herself as a ""congenital invert"", a"
"of nine lyric poets most highly esteemed by scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria. Sappho's poetry is still considered extraordinary and her works continue to influence other writers. Beyond her poetry, she is well known as a symbol of love and desire between women. There are three sources of information about Sappho's life: her ""testimonia"", the history of her times, and what can be gleaned from her own poetry — although scholars are cautious when reading poetry as a biographical source. ""Testimonia"" is a term of art in ancient studies that refers to collections of classical biographical and literary references to classical"
"""The Prologue"", is divided into two parts: at the beginning Bradstreet laments her inferiority to male writers, while at the end she asserts her woman's right to express herself. White died on December 11, 1994 and is buried at Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, together with Evelyn Holahan. Elizabeth Wade White Elizabeth Wade White (June 8, 1906 – December 11, 1994) was an American author, poet, and activist. She was a lover of Valentine Ackland and wrote ""The Life of Anne Bradstreet: The Tenth Muse"", about the early American poet and first American writer to be published in the Thirteen Colonies. Elizabeth"
"Badajoz, authored the Spanish translations. Composer Joseph Hallman memorialized de Acosta in the song cycle, Raving Beauty, for flute, harp, cello, and soprano. The song cycle was based on the correspondence and ephemera held in the de Acosta collection at the Rosenbach Museum. The work deals with her relationships and correspondences with Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Isadora Duncan, Igor Stravinsky, and others. Commissioned by the Philadelphia International Festival for the Arts, it has been performed many times, including by the Secret Opera. Mercedes de Acosta Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1893 – May 9, 1968) was an American poet, playwright,"
"Love's Philosophy ""Love<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Philosophy"" is a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley published in 1819. The poem was published by Leigh Hunt in the December 22, 1819 issue of ""The Indicator"" and reprinted in ""Posthumous Poems"" in 1824 edited by Mary Shelley. It was included in the Harvard manuscript book where it is headed ""An Anacreontic"", dated ""January, 1820"". Anacreontics are poems written in the style of the ancient Greek poet Anacreon, known for his celebrations of love. Shelley wrote it in a copy of Leigh Hunt's ""Literary Pocket-Book"", 1819, which was presented to Sophia Stacey, December 29, 1820. The poem"
"entitled ""Escriz de divers poetes, a la louenge de Louize Labe Lionnoize"" (""Writings of diverse poets, in praise of Louise Labé of Lyons""). The authors of these praise poems (not all of whom can be reliably identified) include Maurice Scève, Pontus de Tyard, Claude de Taillemont, Clément Marot, Olivier de Magny, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Mellin de Saint-Gelais, Antoine du Moulin, and Antoine Fumee. Her contemporaries compare her to Sappho and hail Labé as the Tenth Muse. Debate on whether Labé was or was not a courtesan began in the sixteenth century, and has continued up to the present day. In"