In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.

Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story

What the translator - myself in particular - does is not comparable to what the Homeric performer was doing.

In a way you can feel that the poet actually is looking over your shoulder, and you say to yourself, now, how would this go for him? Would this do or not?

Electronic brains may help us to use our heads but will not excuse us from that duty, and as to our hearts-cardiograms cannot diagnose what may be most ill about them, or confirm what may be best. The faithful woman and the versatile brave man, the wakeful intelligence open to inspiration or grace-these are still exemplary for our kind, as they always were and always will be.

I think that everyone who took part has always been grateful for it.