I came across A. S. Kline's translations today courtesy of David Meadows and Explorator, because he (Kline) has just posted his translation of Ovid's Fasti. After a glance at the Fasti, I looked around to see what else he has translated, and found his Sappho. Here's the one Catullus liked, rendered into down-to-earth English. Is it too down-to-earth for you? I'm trying to work out what I feel.   more »

A gold mask (I have a picture here), much heavier and more costly than the 'Mask of Agamemnon', has been found in Thrace. But millennia later does material wealth mean more than great literature ?   more »