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Sappho : a new translation / Mary Barnard ; foreword by Dudley Fitts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnard, Mary E., 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sappho--Translations into English.
- Sappho.
- Women--Greece--Poetry.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (147 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- These hundred poems and fragments constitute virtually all of Sappho that survives and effectively bring to life the woman whom the Greeks consider to be their greatest lyric poet. Mary Barnard's translations are lean, incisive, direct--the best ever published. She has rendered the beloved poet's verses, long the bane of translators, more authentically than anyone else in English.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Tell everyone
- 2 We shall enjoy it
- 3 Standing by my bed
- 4 I asked myself
- 5 And I said
- 6 I confess
- 7 At noontime
- 8 I took my lyre and said
- 9 Although they are
- 10 That afternoon
- 11 We heard them chanting
- 12 Its no use
- 13 People do gossip
- 14 Peace reigned in heaven
- 15 When I saw Eros
- 16 You are the herdsman of evening
- 17 Sleep, darling
- 18 Although clumsy
- 19 Tomorrow you had better
- 20 We put the urn aboard ship with this inscription
- 21 Cyprian, in my dream
- 23 And their feet move
- 24 Awed by her splendor
- 25 Now, while we dance
- 26 The evening star
- 27 It is time now
- 28 For her sake
- 29 Hymen Hymenaon!
- 30 We drink your health
- 31 Bridesmaids carol I
- 32 Bridesmaids carol II
- 33 Theyre locked in, oh!
- 34 Lament for a maidenhead
- 35 You wear her livery
- 36 Why am I crying?
- 37 You know the place: then
- 38 Prayer to my lady of Paphos
- 39 He is more than a hero
- 40 Yes, Atthis, you may be sure
- 41 To an army wife, in Sardis
- 42 I have had not one word from her
- 43 It was you, Atthis, who said
- 44 Without warning
- 45 If you will come
- 46 Thank you, m dear
- 47 I was so happy
- 48 Now I know why Eros
- 49 She was dressed well
- 50 But you, monkey face
- 52 After all this
- 53 With his venom
- 54 Afraid of losing you
- 55 It is clear now
- 56 Day in, day out
- 57 You will say
- 58 Tell me
- 59 I said, Sappho
- 60 You may forget but
- 61 Pain penetrates
- 62 The nightingales
- 63 Last night
- 64 Tonight Ive watched
- 65 Persuasion
- 66 Manys the time
- 67 At my age
- 68 That was different
- 69 This way, that way
- 70 My lovely friends
- 71 I ask you, sir, to
- 72 Of course I love you
- 73 Yes, it is pretty
- 74 I hear that Andromeda
- 75 Well!
- 76 Sappho, when some fool
- 77 Strange to say
- 78 I taught the talented
- 80 As you love me
- 81 Greetings to Gorgo
- 82 Rich as you are
- 83 Dont ask me what to wear
- 84 If you are squeamish
- 85 Before they were mothers
- 86 Experience shows us
- 87 We know this much
- 88 Say what you please
- 89 Then the god of war
- 91 In memory
- 92 Do you remember
- 93 Be kind to me
- 94 You remind me
- 95 When they were tired
- 96 The gods bless you
- 97 I have often asked you not to come now
- 98 It is the Muses
- 99 Must I remind you, Cleis
- 100 I have no complaint
- A footnote to these translations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Descriptive index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Sappho Sappho
- ISBN:
- 9780520353565
- 0520353560
- 9780520393318
- 0520393317
- OCLC:
- 1312163871
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