▁include ▁" polit ics , ▁war , ▁sports , ▁drink ing , ▁money , ▁youth , ▁old ▁age , ▁death , ▁the ▁hero ic ▁past , ▁the ▁gods ," ▁and ▁heter o - ▁and ▁hom osex ual ▁love . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁century ▁BC , ▁the ▁en cyc lop edic ▁movement ▁at ▁Alexand ria ▁produced ▁a ▁canon ▁of ▁the ▁nine ▁mel ic ▁po ets : ▁Al ca eus , ▁Alc man , ▁An acre on , ▁Bac ch yl ides , ▁I by cus , ▁P ind ar , ▁S app ho , ▁Simon ides , ▁and ▁St es ich orus . ▁Only ▁a ▁small ▁sampling ▁of ▁ly ric ▁poetry ▁from ▁Arch a ic ▁Greece , ▁the ▁period ▁when ▁it ▁first ▁fl our ished , ▁surv ives . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁po ems ▁of ▁S app ho ▁are ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁filled ▁nine ▁pap yrus ▁roll s ▁in ▁the ▁Library ▁of ▁Alexand ria , ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁book ▁alone ▁containing ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 , 3 0 0 ▁lines ▁of ▁verse . ▁Today , ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁S app ho ' s ▁po ems ▁exists ▁int act , ▁with ▁fragments ▁from ▁other ▁sources ▁that ▁would ▁scarcely ▁fill ▁a ▁chap book . ▁ ▁M eters ▁See ▁main ▁article : ▁Pro s ody ▁( G reek ) ▁ ▁Greek ▁poetry ▁meters ▁are ▁based ▁on ▁patterns ▁of ▁long ▁and ▁short ▁sy ll ables ▁( in ▁contrast ▁to ▁English ▁verse , ▁which ▁is ▁determined ▁by ▁stress ), ▁and ▁ly ric ▁poetry ▁is ▁character