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Book SynopsisPoems from 1901 to 1933, expressing political cynicism, devotion to Hellenism, homosexual love, colloquial and epigrammatic wit.
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Other Books by the Translators, pg. viii*Contents, pg. ix*Che Fece ... Il Gran Rifiuto, pg. 3*Thermopylae, pg. 4*Growing in Spirit, pg. 5*Waiting for the Barbarians, pg. 6*Trojans, pg. 8*King Dimitrios, pg. 9*Antony's Ending, pg. 10*The Footsteps, pg. 11*The City, pg. 12*The Satrapy, pg. 13*The Ides of March, pg. 14*Things Fulfilled, pg. 15*The God Abandons Antony, pg. 16*Ionic, pg. 17*Ithaka, pg. 18*Philhellene, pg. 20*Alexandrian Kings, pg. 21*Very Seldom, pg. 23*As Much as You Can, pg. 24*Returning from Greece, pg. 25*Exiles, pg. 26*Theodotos, pg. 27*He Swears, pg. 28*Morning Sea, pg. 29*Orophernis, pg. 30*The Battle of Magnesia, pg. 32*Manuel Komninos, pg. 34*The Distress of Selefkidis, pg. 35*For Ammonis, Who Died at 29, in 610, pg. 36*One of Their Gods, pg. 37*Half an Hour, pg. 38*Kaisarion, pg. 39*Body, Remember ..., pg. 40*Nero's Respite, pg. 41*Envoys from Alexandria, pg. 42*Aimilianos Monai, Alexandrian, A.D. 628-655, pg. 43*The Afternoon Sun, pg. 44*Of the Jews (A.D. 50), pg. 45*Of Dimitrios Sotir (162-150 B.C.), pg. 46*If Actually Dead, pg. 48*Young Men of Sidon (A.D. 400), pg. 49*Dareios, pg. 50*Anna Komnina, pg. 52*An Exiled Byzantine Nobleman who Composes Verses, pg. 53*Alexander Valas' Favorite, pg. 54*Dimaratos, pg. 55*From the School of the Renowned Philosopher, pg. 57*Julian Seeing Contempt, pg. 58*Epitaph of Antiochos, King of Kommagini, pg. 59*In Alexandria, 31 B . C, pg. 60*John Kantakuzinos Triumphs, pg. 61*Of Colored Glass, pg. 62*The Twenty-Fifth Year of His Life, pg. 63*Kleitos' Illness, pg. 64*In a Township of Asia Minor, pg. 65*A Great Procession of Priests and Laymen, pg. 66*Julian and the Antiochians, pg. 67*Two Young Men, 23 to 24 Years Old, pg. 68*A Young Poet in His Twenty-Fourth Year, pg. 69*In Sparta, pg. 70*In a Large Greek Colony, 200 B.C., pg. 71*A Prince from Western Libya, pg. 73*Myris: Alexandria, A.D. 340, pg. 74*Alexander Jannaios and Alexandra, pg. 77*Come, O King of the Lacedaimonians, pg. 78*He Asked About the Quality, pg. 79*To Have Taken the Trouble, pg. 80*In the Year 200 B . C, pg. 82*On the Outskirts of Antioch, pg. 84*Notes, pg. 86*Biographical Note, pg. 92*Reviews, pg. 99