Sappho

A New Translation

Sappho

• Editore: University of California Press
• Anno: 2019
• ISBN:
  9780520393318
• Edizione: 1
• Argomento: Literatur
• Categoria: Frauen in der Poesie

These hundred poems and fragments constitute virtually all of Sappho that survives and effectively bring to life the woman whom the Greeks consider to be their greatest lyric poet. Mary Barnard's translations are lean, incisive, direct—the best ever published. She has rendered the beloved poet's verses, long the bane of translators, more authentically than anyone else in English.

1

TELL EVERYONE

Now, today, I shall

sing beautifully for

my friends’ pleasure

2

WE SHALL ENJOY IT

As for him who finds

fault, may silliness

and sorrow take him!

PART ONE

3

STANDING BY MY BED

In gold sandals

Dawn that very

moment awoke me

4

I ASKED MYSELF

What, Sappho, can

you give one who

has everything,

like Aphrodite?

5

AND I SAID

I shall burn the

fat thigh-bones of

a white she-goat

on her altar

6

I CONFESS

I love that

which caresses

me. I believe

Love has his

share in the

Sun’s brilliance

and virtue

7

AT NOONTIME

When the earth is

bright with flaming

heat falling straight down

the cricket sets

up a high-pitched

singing in his wings

8

I TOOK MY LYRE AND SAID:

Come no...

Indice dei contenuti

• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Foreword
• Contents
• 1. Tell everyone
• 2. We shall enjoy it
• Part One
• Part Two. Epithalamia
• Part Three
• Part Four
• Part Five
• Part Six
• A Footnote to These Translations
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Descriptive Index