Callimachus English Translations II
...Callimachus English translations
For Gail White
To the Cup-Bearer
by Callimachus
translation by Michael R. Burch
Decant the wine then toast "To Diokles!" Nor does the beautiful boy Achelou...
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Categories:
callimachus, beautiful, boy, death, flower,
Form: Free verse
Callimachus English Translations I
...These are my English translations of poems and epigrams by the ancient Greek poet Callimachus aka Kallimachos. His surviving poems come from various sources including the Greek Anthology and the Garl...
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Categories:
callimachus, death, death of a
Form: Free verse
CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4
...CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4
Catullus LXV aka Carmina 65
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hortalus, I’m exhausted by relentless grief,
and have thus abandoned the learned virgi...
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Categories:
callimachus, brother, death, death of
Form: Free verse
Lesbia Discussed Catullus' Poetry
...I’m not some filthy ****
who calls your poems
a joke; I like them.
But here’s advice,
take it or ignore it:
You lard a poem with myths
that weigh it down; half
the young no longer know ...
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Categories:
callimachus, poetry,
Form: Lyric
Athenian Epitaphs Ii
...Athenian Epitaphs II
These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...
Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night:
his owne...
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Categories:
callimachus, animal, best friend, death
Form: Epitaph
Athenian Epitaphs
...Athenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only th...
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Categories:
callimachus, death, eulogy, funeral, grave,
Form: Epigram