Wayne Karlin: The Lotus Eaters
And so he returned to Ithaca:
walked naked from the sea
and saw his shadow
fall on the white marble
Emily Wilson: The Odyssey (A New Translation)
Ed. Note: Emily Wilson is widely believed to be the first woman to translate Homer’s The Odyssey into English. Here are the opening stanzas of the new book which poets and scholars … Continue reading
Richard St. John: Argos
How had he looked to her when he’d come home? He didn’t know, what with the way the gods were forever cloaking men in mist, giving the old a … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Odysseus
It does not happen as they say, the body sluffing off and leaving light. No. It’s terrible. All those Who came home whole from Troy now in nursing homes in … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Cyclops
Now a boy leads him by the hand down from the mountain to sit on the docks and listen to the sailors curse. Poor Polyphemus, they say, turning away from … Continue reading
