This is an attempt to project the resemblance between Greek and Tamil elegies in respect of theme and structure. Greek and Tamil ancient poetry deal with common theme, with the point that both Greeks and Sankam people gave importance to courage and valour. In times, personal poems treating the theme of love come under elegy, here Tamil and Greek both project the same sensuous emotion and thought. For the treatment of theme and structure of an elegy language is not an important element but the concept and ideas play a vital role, which is neatly touched upon in this research paper.
Professor, Head & Chairperson School of English & Foreign Languages Department of English & Comparative Literature Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
