Li Po walks back to heaven
Once I found a book called The Living Past, written by Ivar Lissner in 1957: 60 essays on aspects of antiquity. One essay that had a vivid impact on me … Continue reading
Wednesday, 6 June, 2012 · 2 Comments
Words and meanings
When I read a translation of a poem I often want to shorten it. The translator makes too much effort to recreate the equivalent of the original form of the … Continue reading
Monday, 12 October, 2009 · Leave a comment
Sappho’s invisible poetry
The literature of ancient Greece was the foundation of modern Western culture, yet we don’t know much about it, aside from the fragments which have survived into modern times. We … Continue reading
Tuesday, 29 September, 2009 · Leave a comment
