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Hölderlin Brod und Wein (Bread and Wine) Part 9.
Translated by Steven J. Willett Relief of Helios from the northwest pediment of the Temple of Athena in Ilion (Troy), c. 390BC~325BC. The relief was found by Heinrich Schliemann in 1872 and is now in the Pergamon-Museum, Berlin. Note: The … Continue reading
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Hölderlin Brod und Wein (Bread and Wine) Parts 7. and 8.
Translated by Steven J. Willett Red-figure vase of a ritual sacrifice with the priest pouring wine from a kylix (κύλιξ) while one assistant holds the flaming bull thigh and another plays on the pipes. Note: The seventh strophe is addressed … Continue reading
Hölderlin Brod und Wein (Bread and Wine) Parts 5 and 6
Translated by Steven J. Willett The Goddess Tyche (Fortune) Holding the Baby Plutus (Wealth) in a Roman copy 2nd. Century AD from a Hellenistic Original, Istanbul Archeological Museum Note: The key issue in Parts 5 and 6 is the unexpected … Continue reading
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Hölderlin Brod und Wein (Bread and Wine) Parts 3. and 4.
Translated by Steven J. Willett Poseidon, Apollo and Artemis in Parthenon Frieze Slab XIXX Note: In some pentameter periods, Hölderlin places on either side of the pause (||) words that are not naturally or equally stressed in recitation. Here are … Continue reading
Hölderlin Brod und Wein (Bread and Wine) Parts 1. and 2.
Translation of Hölderlin Brod und Wein 1. and 2. Black Figure column krater c.520BC of the 3-day (Feb. 19~21) Anthesteria Dionysus and Wine Festival. Note1: For a full discussion of the important Anthesteria Festival, I recommend Natalie Sofie Utheim, The … Continue reading
Hölderlin Ode Lebenslauf (The Course of Life)
Translated by Steven J. Willett The Gravestone of Friedrich Hölderlin Note: This ode is in the asclepiad strophe, an extremely difficult metrical form to translate, particularly due to the highly complex syntax Hölderlin deploys. It has long been one of … Continue reading
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Meleager’s Two Epigrams on Help of Cicadas in Love Pain
Greek Anthology 7.195 and 7.196 Translated by Steven J. Willett Lychee and Cicada, sumi-e by Chao Shao’ang (1864~1957) A silver cicada fibula, Roman 3rd century AD Note: The cicada has a long history in Greek poetry that is matched by … Continue reading
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Meleager of Gadara’s Great Hymn to Spring (Gr. Anth. 9.363)
Translated by Steven J. Willett Minoan Spring Fresco from Akrotiri, Thera Note: Meleager of Gadara (now Umm Dais in Jordan) flourished in the 1st century BC and died at an advanced age, perhaps around 70. He was educated in Tyre … Continue reading
“The Waste Land is a love letter to Englishness” Simon Heffer
” … the chilling lines that come near the end of “Prufrock”: I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.I do not think that they will sing to me. to the memorable opening of The Waste Land: April is … Continue reading
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Matsu Bashō’s Summer Haiku
Translated by Steven J. Willett Utagawa Hiroshige ( 歌川広重) 797 ~ 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. His best known collection of block prints in horizontal format is One Hundred Famous Views of … Continue reading
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