archilochus 680-640 b.c.e. an ancient greek poet
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Archilochus 680-640 B.C.E. An Ancient Greek poet. Movie produced by: Ivanna Mejia Amanda Healey. Who is Archilochus?. Archilochus was born approximately in 675 B.C. and died in battle about 634 B.C. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Movie produced by:Ivanna Mejia
Amanda Healey
WHO IS ARCHILOCHUS? Archilochus was born approximately in 675
B.C. and died in battle about 634 B.C. He was born in the island of Paros as a
bastard. His mother was a slave woman and his father, Telesicles was an aristocrat.
Archilochus lived most of his childhood in Paros until his father, Telesicles, founded a colony named Thasos where Archilochus lived and fought for a long time.
He then left Thasos because he did not like the way he was treated by Lycambes and because of the poverty.
Archilochus was both a poet and a soldier.
WHO IS ARCHILOCHUS CONT. Most of Archilochus’ writings reflect his life
as a soldier and the needs of the community.
He based most of his poems on his personal feelings and emotions or in other words, his poems where based on his life.
He also wrote about poverty even though he was a wealthy noble.
He wrote songs that like his poems reflect his life as a soldier.
There were times were Archilochus sang to the soldiers to encourage them to fight,
ARCHILOCHUS’ LIFE CONTINUED Archilochus had a complicated love life in
which he wrote about in his poems. He wrote short and funny poems. People performed his poems in military
events or funerals. It is said that Archilochus fought against
Thracians and he died when the Thasians were fighting against the soldiers.
“It was said that a man named Lycambes betrothed his daughter Neobule to the poet and then later withdrew the plan.”-Britannica
Archilochus’ poems were also abusive to his enemies and nice for his friends.
WHY DID WE CHOOSE ARCHILOCHUS?
Archilochus is one of the best and famous Greek lyric poet like I’ve mentioned before.
We researched Archilochus and he was the one with the most amazing life story.
What is more interesting than writing about your own life story especially with music?
He also exemplifies some of the great achievements of Ancient Greece.
His poems show us how the soldier life was like back then.
They also show us what happened in some Greek communities on a daily basis.
PICTURES OF ARCHILOCHUS
This is a picture of a statue of Archilochus.
These are some pictures of Archilochus as well.
ARCHILOCHUS’ WORK:WHAT IS LYRIC POETRY?
Lyric Poetry became famous around the Classical period and the Archaic age. This is really important to the history of Ancient Greece because it shows the type of poetry and the talents they had.
Lyric poetry is usually short and its purpose is basically to show a personal emotion or feeling.
Lyric poetry has to do a lot with music, and sometimes poets used the lyre, a musical instrument, to make their poems.
Archilochus was a famous and one of the best Greek lyric poets.
Archilochus’ WorksArchilochus’ Works This is one of Archilochus’ short poems describing
Thasos and it is translated by Willis Barnstone: “Thasos and Sicily This wheatless island stands like a
donkey's back. It bristles with a tangle of wild woodland. Oh, there is no country so beautiful, no sensual earth that keys my passion as these plains around the river Siris.”
This is another one of Archilochus’ verses about war: “Come bring your cup over the benches of this fast ship
Let's wander around drinking from the barrels of wineGulp down the red wine to the dregs- we're not going to stay sober on this shift!”
HOW DO WE REMEMBERHOW DO WE REMEMBER ARCHILOCHUS?ARCHILOCHUS?
"The Parians who made a hero of Archilochus remembered his patriotic poem and his cult songs, but the rest of the ancient world honored him primarily as a poet of abuse, the first and the best, and one whose evil tongue could kill" (Burnett 55). --Corinna Kaulback
MORE PICTURES
This is a symbol of Thasos, the land that
Archilochus’ father founded.
OUR MOVIE PITCHOUR MOVIE PITCH We will do our movie pitch in the form of
High School Musical. Our audience will be people like us, in other
words, teenagers and other older people. Also, we will have the same cast list as High
School Musical, and they will act the life story of Archilochus.
Some of Archilochus’ poems and songs will be tweaked a little bit into songs that will be sung in the musical.
Our Movie Pitch (continued) To make our movie more interesting to
teenage kids, we thought we might tweak his story a little bit.
Make it a love story between Archilochus and Neobule.
Corax in competition with Arichilochus for Neobule’s love.
Corax convinces Lycambes that Archilochus is unsuitable and Laycambes weds her to Corax instead.
Archilochus gets angry and seduces Hermia. Kind of goes crazy and also destroys Lycambes’ reputation.
Movie Pitch (cont.) Archilochus finds out what Corax has done
and they get in a big fight. Corax ends up winning the battle and killing
Archilochus. Final moments of Archilochus’ life is with
Neobule by his side. Lovey but sad moment. We find out Neobule has always loved
Archilochus.
CAST LIST FOR ARCHILOCHUS MOVIE Cast: Archilochus: ………………………………………………………………..………Zac Efron Neobule: ……………………………………………………………………………Vanessa
Hudgens Neobule’s Sister (Hermia): ……………………………………………………...Ashley
Tisdale Telesicles: …………………………………………………………………………Bart Johnson Lycambes:………………………………………………………………………...Taye Diggs Corax: …………………………………………………………………………..….Lucas Grabeel Extras: ………………………..............Ryne Sandborne, Chris Warren Jr., Corbin Bleu
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