Activity

Let's rap!

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Telesilla of Argos

Theme: Literary genres: epic, lyric and drama.

Competencies

Competence in Linguistic Communication

Multilingual Competence

Personal, social and learning to learn competence

Competence in cultural awareness and expressions

Subjects and year by Educational System

Spain > Classical culture > 4th ESO > The survival of classical languages. Language and lexicon

Enunciation

Telesilla of Argos was a lyrical poet of 510 BC, she created the telesillean verse; she led the Battle of Sepeia against Cleomenes I, saving the city of Argos; she claimed the equality and public participation of the women of the city of Argos, and gave origin to the Hybristika Festival. &nbsp;
-In groups of 6, create a rap about the surviving parthenion (Artemis and Alpheus) or about the battle between Hera and Zeus in the preserved fragment.&nbsp;
Parthenion&nbsp;
And Artemis, girls, 
fleeing from Alpheus. . . &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telesilla">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telesilla</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
Combat between Hera and Zeus (fragment)&nbsp;
Hymn to the mother of the gods (PMG 935)&nbsp;
[&hellip;] Goddesses,
Come down from heaven
and sing with me a hymn
to the Mother of the Gods:
how she came wandering
over the hills and vales,&nbsp;
trailing her hair in the &lt;dirt&gt;,
distraught in her senses.
Zeus the king observed her
_the Mother of the Gods_
aimed his thunderbolt and
made to take her drums,
he split rocks in two and&shy;_
made to take her drums.
&laquo;Mother, be off to the gods!
Don&rsquo;t wander over the hills
in case the keen-eyed lions
or grey wolves [catch] you&hellip;&raquo;
And: &laquo;&hellip;I won&rsquo;t go off
unless I receive my share:
a half of the sky above
and a half of [my own] earth
and a share of ocean too.
Only then will I depart&raquo;.
Hail! Great Queen!
Mother of all Olympus!
Furley William. &laquo;The Epidaurian Hymn for the Mother of the Gods&raquo;. In: Hymnes de la Gr&egrave;ce antique: approches litt&eacute;raires et historiques. Actes du colloque international de Lyon, 19-21 juin 2008. Lyon: Maison de l'Orient et de la M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e Jean Pouilloux, 2013. pp. 233-251. (Collection de la Maison de l'Orient m&eacute;diterran&eacute;en ancien. S&eacute;rie litt&eacute;raire et philosophique, 50) (retrieved on 08/06/2023) &lt;<a href="http://www.persee.fr/doc/mom_0151-7015_2013_act_50_1_3345">www.persee.fr/doc/mom_0151-7015_2013_act_50_1_3345</a>&gt;

Observations and context

Lyrical poetess, creator of the Telesillean meter and fighting leader against Cleomenes I in the Battle of Sepeia; she claimed equality and female public participation in the city of Argos. 

The figure and work of Telesilla links with the female members of the lyrical movement in Continental Greece: Myrtis, Praxilla of Sicyon, Corinna of Tanagra, Erinna of Telos, Anyte, Sappho of Lesbos, Moero and Nossis.  

Description

As a lyrical poetess of Greek monody, Telesilla created her own verse which received the name of telesillean verse (acefallous "headless" glyconic x - u u - u-).

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