Category: Poetry

Love, Worship and Death: Some Renderings from the Greek Anthology

Rodd, Rennell, 1858-1941· 2 chapters· 5,004 words

Among the many diverse forms of expression in which the Greek genius has been revealed to us, that which is preserved in the lyrics of the anthology most typically reflects the familiar life of men, the thought and feeling of every day in the lost ancient world. These little f...

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1. Part 1

Among the many diverse forms of expression in which the Greek genius has been revealed to us, that which is preserved in the lyrics of the anthology most typically reflects the...

2. Part 2

Ausonian earth contains me That was a Libyan maid, And in the sea's sand hard by Rome My virgin form was laid. Pompeia with a mother's care Watched o'er my tender years, Entombe...