<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post111971640168318109..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111971640168318109/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/sappho-dead-2600-years-is-still-coming.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111997076268845164</id><published>2005-06-28T10:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-28T10:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i tried to make it into a real poem here:http://ww...</title><summary type='text'>i tried to make it into a real poem here:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/ubbhtml/Forum24/HTML/000217.html&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;m.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111971640168318109/comments/default/111997076268845164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111971640168318109/comments/default/111997076268845164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/sappho-dead-2600-years-is-still-coming.html?showComment=1119970740000#c111997076268845164' title=''/><author><name>michael</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00975839075714035618</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/sappho-dead-2600-years-is-still-coming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111971640168318109' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111971640168318109' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1405243351"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111991491408818784</id><published>2005-06-27T19:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T19:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, thanks for posting this. I&#39;ve loved Sappho&#39;s ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, thanks for posting this. I&#39;ve loved Sappho&#39;s poetry for many years (what&#39;s survived of it).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I agree with Steven Vincent (his comment above) that the TLS translation is a little weighted with Victorian false archaism. The author of the article, Martin West, might be (I don&#39;t know this for certain, anyone please correct me) the same M.L. West who edited a passable but not outstanding </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111971640168318109/comments/default/111991491408818784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111971640168318109/comments/default/111991491408818784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/sappho-dead-2600-years-is-still-coming.html?showComment=1119914880000#c111991491408818784' title=''/><author><name>Lyle Daggett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/sappho-dead-2600-years-is-still-coming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111971640168318109' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111971640168318109' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1880267297"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111989163313651541</id><published>2005-06-27T13:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T13:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I look forward to reading it, Stephen. For me, the...</title><summary type='text'>I look forward to reading it, Stephen. For me, the best translation of Sappho has been Guy Davenport&#39;s in &lt;I&gt;Seven Greeks&lt;/I&gt; (good stuff there on and about Heraclitus and Archilochus as well). Also essential reading: &lt;I&gt;Is Sappho Burning?&lt;/I&gt; by Page DuBois.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111971640168318109/comments/default/111989163313651541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111971640168318109/comments/default/111989163313651541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/sappho-dead-2600-years-is-still-coming.html?showComment=1119891600000#c111989163313651541' title=''/><author><name>Joe Safdie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17504838189736814071</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/sappho-dead-2600-years-is-still-coming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111971640168318109' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111971640168318109' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1693656871"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111983531261357032</id><published>2005-06-26T21:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T21:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That&#39;s a wonderful marble image of Sappho!  I am i...</title><summary type='text'>That&#39;s a wonderful marble image of Sappho!  I am intrigued by this new piece - her application of myth is wonderful -though I find the TLS translation into English a bit bumpy - clanking still to antiquated, Victorian modes. &lt;BR/&gt;As the risk of being self-serving, over the past couple of years I have found Sappho a constant source of new work. Recently I completed what I hope is a non-clanky and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111971640168318109/comments/default/111983531261357032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111971640168318109/comments/default/111983531261357032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/sappho-dead-2600-years-is-still-coming.html?showComment=1119835260000#c111983531261357032' title=''/><author><name>Stephen V</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18287927423426493829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/sappho-dead-2600-years-is-still-coming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111971640168318109' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111971640168318109' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-54411791"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry></feed>