I recently read the revised edition of Stanley Lombardo’s translation of the Phaenomena of Aratus (titled The Sky Is Our Song: The “Phaenomena” of Aratus) and thoroughly enjoyed it. This edition is lovely, too. Spencer A. Klavan has extended comments of the poem in New Criterion titled “A phenomenal poet” and it is currently not behind […]
Tag: Phaenomena
The sky is our songand we begin with Zeus, for men cannot speakwithout giving Him names. The streets are filled,the sea and its harbors are flooded with Zeus,and in Him we move and have all our being.For we are His children, and He blesses our racewith beneficent signs, and wakes man to his work,directing his […]