The Companions in Hades
fools, who ate the cattle of Helios Hyperion;
but he deprived them of the day of their return.
— Odyssey
George Seferis, "The Companions in Hades" from Collected Poems (George Seferis). Translated, edited, and introduced by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Copyright © 1995 by George Seferis. Reprinted by permission of Princeton University Press.
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Poet George Seferis 1900–1971
POET’S REGION Greece
Subjects Heroes & Patriotism, Mythology & Folklore, Greek & Roman Mythology
Biography
Greek poet George Seferis was born Georgios Seferiades in Urla, near Smyrna (now Izmir, Turkey). He worked as a diplomat for the Royal Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963. His collections of poetry include Strophe (Turning Point, 1931), E Sterna (The Cistern, 1932), Mythistorima (1935), and Logbook I, Logbook II, and Logbook III (1940, 1945, 1955). In 1914, Seferis and his family . . .
Poems by George Seferis
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Heroes & Patriotism, Mythology & Folklore, Greek & Roman Mythology
POET’S REGION Greece
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