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> > From: [log in to unmask] > > > > Its blithe myopia reminds me a little of a story Robert Graves told of > > his Greek teacher at university. He asked him if Sappho was as good as > > everyone said. The teacher dropped his voice to a conspiratorial whisper > > and said: "Yes, Graves, that's the problem. She's very, _very_ good." > > My own answer to this question was sent to this list on 23 April 200 and >is >available in the mailbase archives. And luckily for you, in 200, you had many more examples of her poetry to deal with too... Douglas Barbour Department of English University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm My roof was once firm yet now it cannot even keep the stars out. Christopher Dewdney %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%