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Areopagus (poetry)
The Areopagus is a proposed 16th century society or club dedicated to the reformation of English poetry. The club may have involved figures such as Edmund Spenser, Gabriel Harvey, Edward Dyer, and Sir Phillip Sidney. The existence of the Areopagus as a formal society was first noted by H. R. Fox Bourne in 1862 in his ''Memoir of Sir Philip Sidney''. There is no direct evidence that the group was more than an idea found in the correspondence between Spenser and Harvey, and if it existed its membership is uncertain.
==Background==
The first documented meeting between Sir Phillip Sidney and Gabriel Harvey occurred in the summer of 1578 at Audley End. Soon afterwards, Harvey secured a place for his friend Edmund Spenser in the house of the Earl of Leicester, Sidney's uncle, facilitating an acquaintance between the young poets. During Spenser's time with Leicester he also became acquainted with Edward Dyer. Harvey was in correspondence with all three, and classical metre was a frequent topic of discussion. In 1579 Spenser dedicated ''The Shepheardes Calender'' to Sidney. Both Spenser and Sidney were given to the idea of reforming English verse.〔
In a letter dated October, 1579, Spenser wrote to Harvey:
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