Friday, August 10, 2012

Which Ancient Greek Was Credited With Inventing Genres of Poetry

He was thought to have written the first beast fable, preceding Aesop. He was credited with inventing both iambics and elegiac poetry and he is called the father of satire. POxy. LXIX 4708 contains the publication of one of his poems found among the Oxyrhynchus papyri. Do you know who he is? Hint: I asked this same question last year.

Answer.

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