Archilochus 680-640 B.C.E. An Ancient Greek poet

1. Archilochus 680-640 B.C.E.An Ancient Greek poet Movie produced by: Ivanna Mejia Amanda Healey

2. 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 found a colony named Thasos where Archilochus lived and fought for a long time. • Archilochus was both a poet and a soldier.

3. 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 sung to the soldiers to encourage them to fight,

4. 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

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6. 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.

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8. Our 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.

9. Cast list for Archilochus movie • Cast: • Archilochus: …………………………………………………………………………………………………ZacEfron • Neobule: ……………………………………………………………………………Vanessa Hudgens • Neobule’s Sister: ………………………………………………………………………………………...Ashley Tisdale • Telesicles: ……………………………………………………………………………Bart Johnson • Lycambes: • Corax: ……………………………………………………………………………….Lucas Grabeel • Other Soldiers: ……………………………………..............RyneSandborne, Chris Warren Jr., Corbin Bleu