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A review by johncrwarner
Fragments by Heraclitus
5.0
The fragments of Heraclitus are 130 quotations which range from one word (one is omitted also) to whole sentences - the text is bilingual (Greek on the left and English on the right).
The translation is done by Brooks Haxton a poet and the translations are in "free verse" - I have it in quotes because it is a term I am not sure of if it is a useful and definable term.
The translations remind me more of Lilian Lieber - who wrote several books on Mathematics and Physics in the 1940s which are fascinating texts. She wrote in one book as a preliminary note:
This is not intended to be
free verse.
Writing each phrase on a separate line
facilitates rapid reading,
and everyone
is in a hurry
nowadays.
It is a classic for what I call "toilet shelve" - books to take into the toilet for a long or short session.
The translation is done by Brooks Haxton a poet and the translations are in "free verse" - I have it in quotes because it is a term I am not sure of if it is a useful and definable term.
The translations remind me more of Lilian Lieber - who wrote several books on Mathematics and Physics in the 1940s which are fascinating texts. She wrote in one book as a preliminary note:
This is not intended to be
free verse.
Writing each phrase on a separate line
facilitates rapid reading,
and everyone
is in a hurry
nowadays.
It is a classic for what I call "toilet shelve" - books to take into the toilet for a long or short session.