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Some reports on the various dead:

Two substantial fragments of poems by Sappho have been found, the end of one and the beginning of another. (via several) Bonus: 32 translations of Sappho's most famous poem. (via)

Disturbing reports that axolotls may be extinct in the wild. (via)

Pete Seeger and some friends sing "Forever Young."

Subject quote from Sappho translated by William Carlos Williams.

Date: 31 January 2014 03:02 am (UTC)
sovay: (I Claudius)
From: [personal profile] sovay
32 translations of Sappho's most famous poem.

That's cool.

I hope the axolotl news is wrong!

Date: 1 February 2014 09:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gillpolack.livejournal.com
The Sappho news is wonderful - and I, too, hope the axolotl news is wrong.

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