Greek Lyric Poetry: A New TranslationSherod Santos's new translation of classical poems answers Rosetti's mandate that the only true motive for putting poetry into a fresh language must be to endow a fresh nation with one more possession of beauty. Arranged into four periods Classical, Hellenic, Roman, and Early Byzantine Greek Lyric Poetry features works by such ancient masters as Xenophanes, Callimachus, Sappho, and Simonides. For the general reader as well as for poets and lovers of