About the Ancient Poets of Greece (Museaus, Sappho, Simonides)

Superiority (…False)

The writers of today, and their achievements and performance, really depend on themselves. If an author is keen to write to therefore have money, it is probable that their piece of work will be done with much speed, and not enough feelings, that they shall not have fame. Rather, when an author really puts emotion and personality on is/her pieces, it is much likely for him/her to be successful.

Yet meaning they could be wealthy doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll have more privileges than other people, for good. They could pay for the most expensive stuff, in matters such as safety, or danger, they are to be as valuable as the rest on the people on Earth.

What about the writers/poets of the Ancient Greece? In Museaus, we are told in someway indirect that in the EPOCA, writing or poetry could be expressed by anyone, as Museaus was said to be a semi-mythological creature. This somehow connects to the point of Writers having same BENEFITS than others, because the myth is telling than anyone, no matter the type of person or creature, can get to be a writer.

The myth of Sappho ends to the same conclusion; Sappho was a poetess and greatly in love. But with no virtue or characteristic to make her special, she suffered the same fate in the area of love, as most humans would (the person she loved did not loved her back, and she ended up committing suicide).

Then, from the myth Simonides, we can say the same thing as well. It is proven to us that if we are successful, life shall bring good deeds. Simonides did well in his work he was to show the Prince Scopas, and we should believe he deserved the compensation the Prince promised him. It is fair, at the end, for the house to destroy itself un top of the prince and his guests, as he had neglected the price to Simonides.

What I can conclude form these myths, it’s that, no matter in which area we specialize ourselves, for us to do good in life we should always try our best, and for the good of it, try to remember that we are not special nor different from the rest; that the fact that we are whichever culture or sex is going to turn us superior is false.

It is only fair for us to be considered successful when we exceed, when we gain prestige not for who we are, but rather because of what we made.