Michael Wolfe’s superb translations of classic epitaphs from the Greek Anthology begins in prehistory and ends in the sixth century C.E. Cut These Words Into My Stone: Ancient Greek Epitaphs, translated from the Classical Greek by Michael Wolfe. Johns Hopkins University Press, 208 pages, $24.95. by Jim Kates Nowadays, in poetry, death gets short shrift. [...]
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:33PM on April 12, 2013