Known as the "Spanish Homer," Luis de Go ngora y Argote (1561-1627) is widely considered to be Spain's greatest poet. He was both praised and vilified during his lifetime, but his reputation waned in the years after his death; in the 1920's, he was championed by the Modernists, including Federico Garci a Lorca, and influential critics of Spanish literature, including Da maso Alonso. Famous for intricate metaphors in baroque style and syntax, Go ngora has even been immortalized as a literary term: a "gongorism" connotes an involved Latinate style. Yet despite his influence and reputation