 | Credit: Harvard University Press Blog Everything Old Is New Again Returning Translations to Their Original Meanings By Olivia Wells Have you ever wondered what’s lost in translation? Now, I could mean this literally or figuratively – (More) |
| By Maggie Danaher Hymn to Aphrodite 184-190 καί μιν λισσόμενος ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα: αὐτίκα σ᾽ ὡς τὰ πρῶτα, θεά, ἴδον ὀφθαλμοῖσιν, 185 ἔγνων ὡς θεὸς ἦσθα: σὺ δ᾽ οὐ νημερτὲς ἔειπες. ἀλλά σε πρὸς Ζηνὸς γουνάζομαι αἰγιόχοιο, (More) |
| By Shiri Gross Though historians have often argued that hereditary power and wealth played a critical role in defining an individual’s prospects in Ancient Greek society, there is ample evidence against this conclusion. The prevalen (More) |
| By William H. Weiss Introduction In his famous work recounting the Hundred Years’ War, Chronicles, Jean Froissart writes of two interesting episodes that any reader could easily overlook. The first appears in Book III where he details the B (More) |
| By Tim Hampshire Hymn to Apollo 331-342 ὣς εἰποῦσ ̓ ἀπὸ νόσφι θεῶν κίε χωομένη κῆρ. αὐτίκ ̓ ἔπειτ ̓ ἠρᾶτο βοῶπις πότνια Ἥρη, χειρὶ καταπρηνεῖ δ ̓ ἔλασε χθόνα καὶ φάτο μῦθον: κέκλυτε νῦν μευ, Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθεν Τιτῆνές τε (More) |
| By Cate Simons Iliad XII.278-289 τῶν δ', ὥς τε νιφάδες χιόνος πίπτωσι θαμειαὶ ἤματι χειμερίῳ, ὅτε τ' ὤρετο μητίετα Ζεὺς νιφέμεν ἀνθρώποισι πιφαυσκόμενος τὰ ἃ κῆλα: κοιμήσας δ' ἀνέμους χέει ἔμπεδον, ὄφρα καλύψῃ ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων κορυ (More) |
| By Sara Chopra Iliad XXIV.477-512 τοὺς δ' ἔλαθ' εἰσελθὼν Πρίαμος μέγας, ἄγχι δ' ἄρα στὰς χερσὶν Ἀχιλλῆος λάβε γούνατα καὶ κύσε χεῖρας δεινὰς ἀνδροφόνους, αἵ οἱ πολέας κτάνον υἷας. ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἂν ἄνδρ' ἄτη πυκινὴ λάβῃ, ὅς τ' ἐνὶ πάτρ (More) |
| Artwork by Mati Davis, based on Lesbia and her Sparrow by Edward John Poynter and In the Days of Sappho by John William Godward By Mati Davis Sappho 31 φαίνεταί μοι κῆνος ἴσος θέοισιν ἔμμεν᾽ ὤνηρ, ὄττις ἐνάντιός τοι (More) |