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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 Achelous touch his hallowed ladlefuls. So beautiful the boy, Achelous, passing beautiful,...

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Categories: delos, beautiful, boy, death, flower, light, sea, wine,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Goddess of Blessed Redemption
The Goddess Of Blessed Redemption

She gave me a foundation of love's pleasures
complete with wondrous bountiful measures
she a gentle goddess of golden hues,
swept this heart away, vanquished all its blues.
From a verdant forest spring she arrived
relieving...

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Categories: delos, art, beautiful, imagination, inspiration, mythology, passion, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
Social Status Effect
Miscommunication, is fabrication of reality
When actually it’s a matter of perspective.
She was a standout, with a name similar to yours
With pure intentions, painful convictions but losing to her own dispositions.
Deprivation of her moral mentality structure...

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Categories: delos, deep, high school, internet, love, pain, spoken
Form: Dramatic Verse
Ortygia
How long I’m standing here on Ortygia? 
Remain motionless 
under the hot sun. 
Looking like a marble kouros 
with broken hands.
I search the wind 
for the cool breeze of Aegean, 
the sweet smell of Delos...

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Categories: delos, art, history, holiday, places, political, travel, me,
Form: Lyric

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