Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol 1 of 2)
CHAPTER IX.
_THE SATIRISTS._
Invention of the Iambic Metre.--Archilochus.--His Parentage and Life.--His Fame among the Ancients.--Ancient and Modern Modes of Judging Artists.--The Originality of Archilochus as a Poet.--Simonides of Amorgos.--His Satire on Women.--The Ionian Contempt for Women.--Hipponax.--Limping Iambics.--Differences between the Satire of the Greeks and Romans Page 274