{"product_id":"a-bird-called-elaeus-by-david-j-constantine-9781780377223","title":"A Bird Called Elaeus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Bird Called Elaeus\u003c\/i\u003e, poet and translator David Constantine presents a selection of poems from \u003ci\u003eThe Greek Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of around 4500 poems composed over more than 1500 years by approximately 300 authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Greek Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvellous salvage from the vast shipwreck of the Ancient World, offering a colossal continuity and variety from pre-classical times through Roman into Byzantine periods. For \u003ci\u003eA Bird Called Elaeus\u003c\/i\u003e, his small anthology of the vast original, David Constantine has focused not only on the renowned love poems but also on poems that explore man's dealings with the earth, his work and trades, the creatures other than himself who inhabit it, and the divinities whose care it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough his translations, Constantine brings already urgent poems closer to home and our drift towards the Sixth Extinction. The Ancient World was not populated by humans harmless to Mother Earth; quite the contrary: often they, like us, did the worst their means enabled them to do. Still, there were laws that these things must not be done. Doing them nevertheless was understood as a transgression of laws beyond human laws. You offended Demeter at your peril. Understand this how we like, it's the same now. And the peril is infinitely greater, threatening to be final, consuming the innocent with the guilty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362504655084,"sku":"9781780377223","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24558643482821.jpg?v=1772884769","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-bird-called-elaeus-by-david-j-constantine-9781780377223","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}