Relationships Between Disasters in Past Civilizations and Harsh Conditions on Mars

Among the Anacreontea [1], recognising that the short poem 54 is not at all a chef d’oeuvre, I would like to show that it still may be interesting to look at such minor works so that we may understand better the whole cultural context and traditon from which they come. This poem is a particularly convincing illustration of Simonides’ definition of poetry and painting compared to each other, [2] and it is a kind of model for studying the strong relation existing in Antiquity since the Archaic period between poetry, art and art description. We will try to study the poetic genre and tradition it belongs to and the cultural context around it

Mars Exploration Program · Painting · Poetry · Classical Antiquity Studies · Literary and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy and Historical Thought