ISBN: 9781443214605

Excerpt: ...me? To give me both would you agree, Or must I choose, and so divide you? Which roses do you offer me, Those on your cheeks or those beside you? Here the two lines of the orig… More...

Excerpt: ...me? To give me both would you agree, Or must I choose, and so divide you? Which roses do you offer me, Those on your cheeks or those beside you? Here the two lines of the original are expanded into eight lines in the translation, and some fresh matter is introduced. Dr. Grundy imposes more severe limitations on his muse. His translation, which is more literal, but at the same time singularly felicitous, is as follows: Hail, thou who hast the roses, thou hast the rose''s grace! But sellest thou the roses, or e''en thine own fair face? Any one of literary taste will find it difficult to Pg 235 decide which of these versions to prefer, and will impartially welcome both. It cannot, however, be doubted that strict adherence to Dr. Grundy''s principle occasionally leads to results which are open to criticism from the point of view of English style. A case in point is his translation of Plato''s epitaph on a shipwrecked sailor: ??????? ????? ????? ? ?'' ?????? ???? ???????? ?? ??? ??? ???? ????? ?????'' ?????. Dr. Grundy''s translation, which is as follows, adheres closely to the original text, but somewhat grates on the English ear: A sailor''s tomb am I; o''er there a yokel''s tomb there be; For Hades lies below the earth as well as ''neath the sea. Another instance is the translation of the epigram of Nicarchus on The Lifeboat, in which the inexorable necessities of finding a rhyme to e''en Almighty Zeus has compelled the translator to resort to the colloquial and somewhat graceless phrase in fact, the very deuce. But criticisms such as these may be levelled against well-nigh all translators. They merely constitute a reason... Evelyn Baring, Books, Political And Literary Essays, 1908-1913 Books <

ISBN: 9781443214605

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. S… More...

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / General; Books Books ~~ Fiction~~ Political Political-and-Literary-Essays-1908-1913~~Evelyn-Baring General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781443214605

Political and Literary Essays, 1908-1913 Paperback New Books, General Books