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Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421408058
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The lively ancient epitaphs in this bilingual collection fit together like small mosaic tiles, forming a vivid portrait of Greek society. Cut These Words into My Stone offers evidence that ancient Greek life was not only celebrated in great heroic epics, but was also commemorated in hundreds of artfully composed verse epitaphs. They have been preserved in anthologies and gleaned from weathered headstones. Three-year-old Archianax, playing near a well, Was drawn down by his own silent reflection. His mother, afraid he had no breath left, Hauled him back up wringing wet. He had a little. He didn't taint the nymphs' deep home. He dozed off in her lap. He's sleeping still. These words, translated from the original Greek by poet and filmmaker Michael Wolfe, mark the passing of a child who died roughly 2,000 years ago. Ancient Greek epitaphs honor the lives, and often describe the deaths, of a rich cross section of Greek society, including people of all ages and classes— paupers, fishermen, tyrants, virgins, drunks, foot soldiers, generals—and some non-people—horses, dolphins, and insects. With brief commentary and notes, this bilingual collection of 127 short, witty, and often tender epigrams spans 1,000 years of the written word. Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time.
Cut These Words into My Stone
Author:
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421408058
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The lively ancient epitaphs in this bilingual collection fit together like small mosaic tiles, forming a vivid portrait of Greek society. Cut These Words into My Stone offers evidence that ancient Greek life was not only celebrated in great heroic epics, but was also commemorated in hundreds of artfully composed verse epitaphs. They have been preserved in anthologies and gleaned from weathered headstones. Three-year-old Archianax, playing near a well, Was drawn down by his own silent reflection. His mother, afraid he had no breath left, Hauled him back up wringing wet. He had a little. He didn't taint the nymphs' deep home. He dozed off in her lap. He's sleeping still. These words, translated from the original Greek by poet and filmmaker Michael Wolfe, mark the passing of a child who died roughly 2,000 years ago. Ancient Greek epitaphs honor the lives, and often describe the deaths, of a rich cross section of Greek society, including people of all ages and classes— paupers, fishermen, tyrants, virgins, drunks, foot soldiers, generals—and some non-people—horses, dolphins, and insects. With brief commentary and notes, this bilingual collection of 127 short, witty, and often tender epigrams spans 1,000 years of the written word. Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421408058
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The lively ancient epitaphs in this bilingual collection fit together like small mosaic tiles, forming a vivid portrait of Greek society. Cut These Words into My Stone offers evidence that ancient Greek life was not only celebrated in great heroic epics, but was also commemorated in hundreds of artfully composed verse epitaphs. They have been preserved in anthologies and gleaned from weathered headstones. Three-year-old Archianax, playing near a well, Was drawn down by his own silent reflection. His mother, afraid he had no breath left, Hauled him back up wringing wet. He had a little. He didn't taint the nymphs' deep home. He dozed off in her lap. He's sleeping still. These words, translated from the original Greek by poet and filmmaker Michael Wolfe, mark the passing of a child who died roughly 2,000 years ago. Ancient Greek epitaphs honor the lives, and often describe the deaths, of a rich cross section of Greek society, including people of all ages and classes— paupers, fishermen, tyrants, virgins, drunks, foot soldiers, generals—and some non-people—horses, dolphins, and insects. With brief commentary and notes, this bilingual collection of 127 short, witty, and often tender epigrams spans 1,000 years of the written word. Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time.
Cutting for Stone
Author: Abraham Verghese
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 8184001754
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 8184001754
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.
The Secret of the Stone Frog
Author: David Nytra
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1935179187
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Siblings Leah and Alan wake one morning in the middle of an enchanted forest and encounter a strange and spectacular world filled with foppish lions, giant rabbits, and a talking stone frog for a guide.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1935179187
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Siblings Leah and Alan wake one morning in the middle of an enchanted forest and encounter a strange and spectacular world filled with foppish lions, giant rabbits, and a talking stone frog for a guide.
Diamond in the Stone
Author: River Blue
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982280824
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Within the pages of this book can be found one man’s incredible journey to find true lasting peace and happiness, the great news is “I found both! Not in things places or people but somewhere we would not think to look. If you will allow me, I will show you, and I promise you “all your dreams can come true!” My Poetry and story are the result of my personal amazing journey and the key to finding your true self happiness and Peace.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982280824
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Within the pages of this book can be found one man’s incredible journey to find true lasting peace and happiness, the great news is “I found both! Not in things places or people but somewhere we would not think to look. If you will allow me, I will show you, and I promise you “all your dreams can come true!” My Poetry and story are the result of my personal amazing journey and the key to finding your true self happiness and Peace.
Untitled Rothfuss 3 Of 3
Author: Patrick Rothfuss
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 9780575081451
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
The third in 'The Kingkiller Chronicle' series of fantasy novels by Patrick Rothfuss.
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 9780575081451
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
The third in 'The Kingkiller Chronicle' series of fantasy novels by Patrick Rothfuss.
The Bible Cyclopaedia: Or, Illustrations of the Civil and Natural History of the Sacred Writings, by Reference to the Manners, Customs, Rites, Traditions, Antiquities, and Literature of Eastern Nations,...
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Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Languages : en
Pages : 738
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A Compendium of Evangelical Theology Given in the Words of Holy Scripture
Author: Rev. William Passmore
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
A Compendium of Evangelical Theology Given in the Words of Holy Scripture. By W. Passmore
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Languages : en
Pages : 992
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Languages : en
Pages : 992
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Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
Book Description
Words, facts, and phrases; a dictionary of curious, quaint, and out-of-the-way matters
Author: Eliezer Edwards
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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