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    Sappho Fragments 2, 55, and 58
    Translation
    • May 12
    • 2 min

    Sappho Fragments 2, 55, and 58

    Sappho, fragment 2 (Lobel-Page 2 / Voigt 2 / Diehl 5, 6 / Bergk 4, 5) Come, Cypris, from Cretea to meet me at this holy temple where a...
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    New Lyre Podcast #23: Prometheus and Poetry Today
    The Editors
    • Apr 15
    • 1 min

    New Lyre Podcast #23: Prometheus and Poetry Today

    In this podcast, Daniel Leach and David Gosselin discuss the importance of reviving the Promethean spirit in art, poetry, and society...
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    New Lyre Podcast #22: On the State of Classical Poetry
    The Editors
    • Mar 10
    • 0 min

    New Lyre Podcast #22: On the State of Classical Poetry

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    Lessons from a Grecian Urn Part II: The Paradox of the “One” and the “Many”
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Aug 15, 2021
    • 15 min

    Lessons from a Grecian Urn Part II: The Paradox of the “One” and the “Many”

    This is Part 2 to the series on Keats’ “Ode to a Grecian Urn”. Part 1 can be found here. Chapter II: What is Poetry? The yearning for...
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    Lessons from a Grecian Urn Part I: Truth and Beauty in Art
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Aug 5, 2021
    • 18 min

    Lessons from a Grecian Urn Part I: Truth and Beauty in Art

    An object is perfect, when everything manifold in it accords with the unity of its concept; it is beautiful, when its perfection appears...
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    The Bride of Corinth (1797) by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
    Translation
    • Jul 30, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Bride of Corinth (1797) by Johann Wolfgang Goethe

    There once descended a youth from Athens Into a dreamy Corinthian town; He was eager to meet new family, friends, And his luscious bride...
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    Naked Pagan
    By Socrates Thalassos
    • Jul 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Naked Pagan

    A naked pagan dancing with the sky, I am alien in your world. Your houses, factories, TV sets, It is difficult for me to understand how...
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    The Gods of Greece by Friedrich Schiller
    Translation
    • Jul 25, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Gods of Greece by Friedrich Schiller

    We present the full uncensored version of Friedrich Schiller's "The Gods of Greece" translated into English for the first time. Because...
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    Sappho
    Translation
    • Jul 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Sappho

    We are proud to present a selection of original translations of ancient Greek poet Sappho by Michael R. Burch. While only fragments of...
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    Daphne and Apollo
    By James A. Tweedie
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Daphne and Apollo

    “O foolish Cupid,” fair Apollo mocked. “To think that you, a wanton boy, should dare To think yourself the equal to a man Of arms, or...
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    Cassandra
    By Terry Norton
    • Sep 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    Cassandra

    Both beauty and intelligence were mine. But to what end? Of all the nineteen who Sprang from my mother’s fecund thighs, of daughters I...
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    Sappho's "Hymn to Aphrodite"
    Original Recitation
    • Jun 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Sappho's "Hymn to Aphrodite"

    Immortal Aphrodite, throned in splendor! Wile-weaving daughter of Zeus, enchantress, and beguiler! I implore you, dread mistress,...
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    Sappho's "Hymn to Aphrodite"
    Translation
    • Apr 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Sappho's "Hymn to Aphrodite"

    Immortal Aphrodite, throned in splendor! Wile-weaving daughter of Zeus, enchantress, and beguiler! I implore you, dread mistress,...
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    The Gods of Greece by Heinerich Heine
    Translation
    • Dec 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Gods of Greece by Heinerich Heine

    Full-blossoming moon! Here in thy light Like flowing gold the ocean gleams; As limpid as day, yet dimly bewitched, Reposing across the...
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    To Have Loved
    By Michael R. Burch
    • Aug 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    To Have Loved

    Helen, bright accompaniment, accouterment of war as sure as all the polished swords of princes groomed to lie in mausoleums all eternity...
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    Goethe "Prometheus"
    Translation
    • Jul 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Goethe "Prometheus"

    So cover up thy heaven, Zeus, With cloudy mist! And like a boy, who chops The heads from thistles, Go blast the oaks and mountaintops!...
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    Pegasus im Joche (Pegasus in Yoke) by Friedrich Schiller
    Original Translation
    • Mar 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    Pegasus im Joche (Pegasus in Yoke) by Friedrich Schiller

    In Greek mythology, Pegasus was the creature who created the Streams of Helicon by stomping his hoof into Mount Helicon. Unto a...
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    Cassandra by Friedrich Schiller
    Translation
    • Jun 6, 2018
    • 3 min

    Cassandra by Friedrich Schiller

    In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam of Troy. She was given the ability to foresee the future by the god Apollo,...
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    Sappho
    Translation
    • May 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    Sappho

    We are proud to present a selection of original translations of ancient Greek poet Sappho by Michael R. Burch. While only fragments of...
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    Nänie by Friedrich Schiller
    Translation
    • May 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    Nänie by Friedrich Schiller

    Even the beautiful must perish; it sways the gods, and rules mankind! Yet it does not move the iron breast of the Stygean Zeus. Only once...
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