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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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...
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...
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!...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Translation
- May 3, 2018
- 1 min
Ibykos Fragment 286, Circa 564 B.C.
Come spring, the grand apple trees stand watered by a gushing river where the maidens’ uncut flowers shiver and the blossoming grape vine...
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