Showing posts with label Archilochos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archilochos. Show all posts
Thursday, October 26, 2017

What Archilochos Said

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" Greet insolence with outrage. " ----------Archilochos, one of those--his--fragments in Guy Davenport's translation from t...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Fowles: "Lightning Strikes"

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"Truth is born as lightning strikes."  --Archilochos  (via Davenport) TWO POEMS FROM JOHN FOWLES: THE EXPERIENCE You go do...
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

"Kindness Flows": More From Archilochos

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In time of shame, Can you spare me the evil? Kindness flows both ways. Woman, woman, Why do you keep me here, Why this road, of all,...
Monday, July 23, 2012

"My Aim Is True": Novel Navigation?

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Or, By Bluff and Blunder? Or, Compassion As Compass? Or, Pin The Tale On The Donkey? I'll stop with the subtitles, the alternative ...
Saturday, June 9, 2012

The Tide Is Low: Mask and Kelp

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Triton Beached (detail). Perhaps an ancient Greek poet can help us here: Desire the limb-loosener, O my companion, Has beat me down...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Archilochos: Grains of Salt

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Three Pieces from Archilochos, the ancient Greek poet, translated by Guy Davenport: With ships so trim and narrow, Ropes fast and sai...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Oracle of Light

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The King of Atlantis: sculpture mix; misc. blue and green glazes; twine; copper wire. I've posted shots of this mask a few times before....
Thursday, May 5, 2011

"On Your Feet Now": Advice from Archilochos

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Soul, soul, Torn by perplexity, On your feet now! Throw forward your chest To the enemy; Keep close in the attack; Move back not an inch. Bu...