#tbh Orestes (it's rotten work) and Pylades (not to me) probably would agree with it too | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

awritersrejections · 9 months ago

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Love this! and, love to see a the citation of the original quote! Small clarification though: the Oresteia is an ancient Greek play by Aeschylus. You're referencing/quoting Anne Carson's 2009 translation (here it is side by side with a 9 other versions) ^_^

I've been seeing that quote go around and while making this I think I managed to track it back to "An Oresteia" by Anne Carson

#you very probably meant 'translated by' but I thought I'd clarify just in case anyone's confused #as a classicist it's hard for me to tell when something is common knowledge #Anne Carson is 100% my favorite greek translator #like #of all time and space #and her original poetry is lovely too #but yeah she suuuuuuper cannot claim credit for that one :P #also love her quote when asked to explain how her prose-poetry works and she was just all #'hm. if prose is like a house then poetry is like a man on fire running through the house'#I think about that often #anne carson #translation #anyway this is a beautiful rebuttal and I agree with it strongly #tbh Orestes (it's rotten work) and Pylades (not to me) probably would agree with it too #orestes #the ancient world

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