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7 Greeks
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"Overall, this volume will afford great pleasure to scholars, teachers, and also those who simply love to watch delightful souls disport themselves in language."—Anne Carson
Here is a colorful variety pf works by seven Greek poets and philosophers who lived from the eighth to the third centuries BC. Salvaged from shattered pottery vases and tattered scrolls of papyrus, everything decipherable from the remains of these ancient authors is assembled here. From early to later, the collection contains: Archilochos; Sappho; Alkman; Anakreon; the philosophers Herakleitos and Diogenes; and Herondas. This composite of fragments translated by Guy Davenport is the most complete collection of its kind ever to appear in one volume.Download the free Fable app
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“why some of these were like something almost out of a business guys self help book? the better part I had already read, but the new ones I didn’t care for at all”
“Davenport transported me to Ancient Greece in spirit while I was physically stewing in the corner of a crammed rush hour train. I'd recommend this collection to anyone interested in Ancient Greek literature. The translations are accessible and include poetry, philosophy and some humorous theatrical skits (mimes!).
I also appreciated the inclusion of so many fragmented texts; while they seem to say little, they combine to create a sense of time and place and loss. Yet this is a loss without grief - it is instead a celebration of the curious endurance of thought.”
“Not surprised by my love of Archilochus' fragments. He has always been one of my favourite Greek poets (and one of the first that I had read in the original Greek). Sappho and company are good too but the real surprise was Diogenes. His fragments were just what I was looking for.”
About Guy Davenport
As Bruce Bawer wrote in Bookforum, "the late Guy Davenport (1927-2005) left behind an oeuvre that is one long lesson in the history of civilization, and to read any part of it—story, essay, or translation—is to be enthralled by his unflagging intellectual energy and engagement." His books include The Geography of the Imagination, The Death of Picasso, Herakleitos and Diogenes, A Table of Green Fields, The Cardiff Team, DaVinci's Bicycle, and many more.
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