Athens Beckons! Poem by Rekha Mandagere
Athens Beckons!
It is not just a fairy tale
But true and very much real
In the history of long long ago
There flourished the glory of Athens
And the golden age of Pericles
Just not a city of scenic beauty
But an ideal and a model city
The perfect symbol of democracy
And no special room for aristocracy
Devoted to the cause of Excellency
Surely a seat of great wisdom
Where people could enjoy utmost freedom
By digging deep into the repository
No where is found such place in all history
The mother of all epistemology
Where Socrates could write his Apology
When the justice shone on all the houses
Even the poor could smile as the virtuous
Bloomed on this cradle of fine culture
Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides
Could nourish the roots of literature
Herodotus and Thucydides
Two great chroniclers of matchless wisdom
Who took away from history all its boredom
Whoever said that history is dead
Isn't aware of the edifice on which we stand
For nations like Athens once mighty and grand
Connect us to history's unending strand!
Athens once mighty and grand connect us to history's unending strand! Oh! what a poem recalling the wisdom of yore.Enjoyable and educative.Thanks and best wishes. Chandra Thiagarajan
A beautiful poem, worthy of 10/10. The mother of all epistemology Where Socrates could write his Apology Very well said. Liked the comments of Elena Sandu very much.
This poem shows true love for democracy and its origin goes to Athens!
though many of the names sound familiar, i'm afraid i can't enjoy this as much as many others can who know history better than i. i like the few rhymes.....i mean i like the ones which are here, though they are few. there is a flow to the poem. i can't help but think of the bad things which have befallen greece in more recent years. but life goes on....so far. thanks for sharing.
it has been well said.but you should have composed this poetic verse with a bit more musical rhyme and rhythm for making it more charming to chant....congratulations...
a nice subject with nice pen. in the ancient civilisation Athens had a particular role in world history. best of luck
Nice penning. Very well engraved grace of Athens with great flow and rhyme.
An Attic Poem, I must call it, with the greekness inside...and it's indeed not a fairy-tale but a modern reference to antiquity...and I'm sure you must have enjoyed this composition of yours as nature has provided you with the ready rhyming easy at hand...best of luck for the contest!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Dearest Rekha! Thank you for this wonderful poem! A reminder, the open door to freedom of wonders.. I do wonder if the conversion to Christianity could have put the basis of today's system which inside myself I question if it was intended to bring disaster. Probably not, or so I hope, who am I to find faults in people? (I free myself to find faults in system, lol.... I should not give fault to anybody nor to Justinian who closed the schools of philosophy, why am I so sad? I wonder, could we have a different world if the schools of philosophy of Athens were to be kept running and spread? ... Could it be to late for humanity to go back and start all over again building new castles on a base such of ancient philosophy? I know I have a lot to learn...Thank you sister, this was one of the treasures you gave to me again!