Odysseus Elytis. Selected Poems, 1940-1979. Chosen and introduced by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Translations by Edmund Keeley, George Savidis, Philip Sherrard, John Stathatos, Nanos Valaoritis. London: Anvil Press Poetry, 2007. 158 p.

ISBN 0856463558; 9780856463556 pbk

Contains: Introduction by Edmund Keeley & Philip Sherrard (pp. 9-14).

PART I 1940-1945:

From Orientations [Προσανατολισμοί] (1940): "Aegean" (pp. 19-20), "Seven Nocturnals" (pp. 21-23), "Anniversary" (pp. 24-25), "Helen" (pp. 26-27), "Adolescence of Day" (p. 28), "Ode to Santorini" (pp. 29-30), "Marina of the Rocks" (pp. 31-32), "The Age of Blue Memory" (pp. 33-34), "Aegean Melancholy" (pp. 35-36), "Form of Boeotia" (pp. 37-38), "The Mad Pomegranate Tree" (pp. 39-40), trs. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard.

From Sun the First [Ήλιος ο πρώτος] (1943): "I no longer know the night ..." (p. 43), "Body of Summer" (p. 44), "Burnished day, conch of the voice ..." (p. 45), "Drinking the sun of Corinth ..." (p. 46), "I lived the beloved name ..." (p. 47), "This wind that loiters ..." (p. 48), "All day long we walked in the fields ..." (p. 49), "With what stones, what blood, and what iron ..." (p. 50), trs. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard.

Heroic and Elegiac Song for the Lost Second Lieutenant of the Albanian Campaign [Άσμα ηρωικό και πένθιμο για τον χαμένο ανθυπολοχαγό της Αλβανίας] (1945) (pp. 51-67), trs. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard.

PART II 1959-1960:

From The Axion Esti [Το Άξιον Εστί] (1959): from 'The Genesis': "In the beginning the light ..." (pp. 73-74), "But before hearing the wind ..." (p. 75); from 'The Passion': II. "Greek the language they gave me ..." (p. 76), First Reading: "The March toward the Front" (pp. 77-79), Second Reading: "The Mule Drivers" (pp. 80-81), d. "A solitary swallow ..." (p. 82), e. "With the star's lamp ..." (p. 83), k. "I will tonsure my head ..." (p. 84); from 'The Gloria': "Praised be the wooden table ..." (pp. 85-87), trs. Edmund Keeley and George Savidis.

Six and One Pangs of Conscience for the Sky [Έξη και μία τύψεις για τον ουρανό] (1960) (pp. 89-102), trs. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard.

PART III 1971-1979:

"Death and Resurrection of Constantine Palaiologos" (1971) [«Θάνατος και ανάστασις του Κωνσταντίνου Παλαιολόγου»] (1971) (pp. 105-109), tr. John Stathatos.

From The Sovereign Sun [Ο ήλιος ο ηλιάτορας] (1971): "The Mad Mad Boat" (p. 113), tr. Nanos Valaoritis.

From The Monogram [Το Μονόγραμμα] (1971): Section VII (p. 117), tr. Nanos Valaoritis.

From The Light Tree and the Fourteenth Beauty [Το φωτόδεντρο και η δέκατη τέταρτη ομορφιά] (1971): "On the City" (pp. 121-122), "Little Green Sea" (p. 123), tr. Nanos Valaoritis; "The Fresco" (p. 124), "Archetype" (p. 125), tr. John Stathatos; from "The Light Tree", IV (p. 126), tr. John Stathatos; "Palintrope" (p. 127), "What Cannot Come About" (p. 128), "As Long As the Star Lasted" (p. 129), tr. Nanos Valaoritis; "Silver Gift Poem" (p. 130), tr. John Stathatos.

From The Siblings [Τα Ετεροθαλή] (1977): "Psalm and Mosaic for a Springtime in Athens" (pp. 133-136), tr. Nanos Valaoritis; "Small Analogue" (p. 137), tr. John Stathatos; "The Leaf Diviner" (pp. 138-139), from "Villa Natacha", I (pp. 140-141), tr. Nanos Valaoritis.

From Maria Nefeli [Μαρία Νεφέλη] (1979): "The Cloud" (p. 144), "The Cloudgatherer" (p. 145), "Discourse on Beauty" (p. 146), "The Drop of Water" (p. 147), "The Trojan War" (p. 148), "Helen" (p. 149), "Hymn in Two Dimensions" (p. 150), "Official Declaration" (p. 151), "The Poets" (p. 152), "That Which Convinces" (p. 153), tr. Nanos Valaoritis.

Note on Odysseus Elytis (p. 155); Notes on the translators (pp. 157-158).

Originally published under the title: Selected Poems. London: Anvil Press Poetry, 1981 (reprinted 1991, 2003, 2005) {4.1446}.