"The Neotericoi (Greek \u03BD\u03B5\u03C9\u03C4\u03B5\u03C1\u03B9\u03BA\u03BF\u03AF \"new poets\"), Neoterics or the Neoteric period refers to avant-garde poets and their poetry, specifically those Greek and Latin poets in the Hellenistic Period (323 BC onwards) who propagated a new style of Greek poetry, deliberately turning away from the classical Homeric epic poetry.Their poems featured small-scale personal themes, instead of the feats of ancient heroes and gods."@en .