Sappho :: a new translation /

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...

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Main Author: Sappho (Author)
Other Authors: Barnard, Mary, 1909-2001 (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
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.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (122 pages)
ISBN:0520393317
9780520393318
9780520353565
0520353560

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