Sappho a New Translation
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (876 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000X1IWFG |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 181 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sappho a New Translation book on paperback has been released on 0000-00-00. consist of 181 of pages and writen by Mary Barnard And Dudley Fitts are really nice book to read. Although it oficially circulated on paperback but you still download it on other format or just read it online from our website.
mianfei said Sensual beauty in its purest form. Sappho's poetry, long the most famous of ancient literature, is rendered superbly in this translation by Mary Barnard.Although as a child and young adult I never read literature seriously, various factors have made me curious about Sappho's writings and this small volume is an ideal pocket book or gift. The poems are not easy to get into bec. lovely, yet far away I hate to say it, but this book made me somewhat regret studying Ancient Greek. I was given a copy by a friend and utterly adored it. It lived in my purse. I found the poems graceful in their simplicity, the imagery beautiful. Then I was asked to translate some Sapphic poetry for class and attempted to use this book as a reference by which t. ""there's so much beauty"" according to NotATameLion. Rich Mullins once wrote "there's so much beauty around us for just two eyes to see." And so it is with the poetry of this ancient Greek lady Sappho. Without her extra eyes, I would be robbed of some sights I could not have found without her. For instance, in one of her poems, she writes:"Awed by her splendorStars near the lovelymoon cover th