Translation Anacreon Poem by Michael Burch

Translation Anacreon



How valiant he lies tonight: great is his Monument!
Yet Ares cares not, neither does War relent.

—Anacreon, translation by Michael R. Burch

Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: translation
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Anacreon epigram, translation by Michael R. Burch
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Julia Luber 31 July 2019

Please tell us more about these translations. Where are they coming from? Some Greek text somewhere you dug up?

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Michael Burch 31 July 2019

Yes, I found a collection of ancient Greek epitaphs, but some of the translations didn't seem all that good to me. So I tried to do them justice.

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