Monthly Archives: April 2013

Fragment of a Greek Tragedy

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Mark Mueller

A.E. Housman (1859-1936) wrote this parody spoofing both poor translation and the overly formal language and conventions  of Greek tragedy. CHORUS: O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots Head of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom Whence by what way how purposed art thou come To this … Continue reading →

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The End… for now

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Mark Mueller

The previous post marked the end of Euripides’ Hecuba. I finished Aeschylus’ Eumenides a little while before that, and as much as I will do of Tacitus’ Annals prior to that. So, for the present, I have no translation projects … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 3, 2013 by Mark Mueller

Polymestor: Oh woe, worsted, so it seems, by a woman, a slave, I shall lose my case to my inferiors. Agamemnon: Is it not then righteous, if indeed you have wrought evils? Polymestor: Alas for my children and my eyes, … Continue reading →

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