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The Odes of Anacreon
The Odes of AnacreonAmongst the innumerable translators of Anacreon, there was onea Frenchman by birthwho was both...
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The Odes of Anacreon
Amongst the innumerable translators of Anacreon, there was onea Frenchman by birthwho was both an illustrious painter and a literary enthusiast. Girodet de Roussy, inspired by a genius altogether Greek in its character, has translated Anacreon better by his pencil than he could have been translated by words. One might fancy that his designs had been executed under Anacreon's own eye by some Greek artist, who had himself witnessed that soft and voluptuous existence, where song and pleasure are one. Seldom indeed have chasteness of execution and voluptuousness of character been so curiously and indissolubly blended. Seldom has a modern artist so happily caught the spirit of an ancient poet. We seem to [Pg 8]be transported, as in a dream, to the vines, and orange-groves, and cloudless skies of Greece, and the wearied spirit abandons itself for a while to the soft influences of the azure heaven, the countless luxuriance of roses, the undulating forms of the fair girls dancing in the shade, while youthful attendants brim the beaker with wine. Under such influences we remember that youth, and love, and mirth are immortal, and we say with Horace, ......Buy Now (To Read More)
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Ebook Number: 38230
Author: Moore, Thomas
Release Date: Dec 6, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Illustrator: Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824
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