George Seferis. The King of Asine and Other Poems (1948) (Translated by Bernard Spencer with Nanos Valaoritis and Lawrence Durrell). In Bernard Spencer, Complete Poetry: Translations & Selected Prose (Peter Robinson, ed. Highgreen, Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Bloodaxe Books, 2011): 205-240 and 248-249.

ISBN 9781852248918

Translations:

Part I: Myth of Our History [Μυθιστόρημα]: 1. "The messenger …" (p. 207); 2. "Still another well within a cave …" (pp. 207-208); 3. "Remember the Baths by Which You Were Slain" (p. 208); 4. "Argonauts" (pp. 208-209); 5. "We never knew them …" (p. 210); 6. "M.R." (pp. 210-211); 7. "South Wind" (pp. 211-212); 8. "What do they seek our souls as they travel …" (pp. 212-213); 9. "The harbour is old …" (p. 213); 10. "Our native place is enclosed …" (pp. 213-214); 11. "Your blood sometimes froze like the moon …" (p. 214); 12. "A Bottle in the Sea" (pp. 214-215); 13. "Hydra" (p. 215); 14. "Three red pigeons in the sun …" (p. 216); 15. "Quid πλατανών opacissimus?" (p. 216); 16. "And the Name Is Orestes" (p. 217); 17. "Astyanax" (pp. 217-218); 18. "I am sad because I let a broad river flow between my fingers …" (p. 218); 19. "And if the wind blows it does not cool us …" (p. 218); 20. "In my breast the wound opens again …" (p. 219); 21. "We that set out on this pilgrimage …" (p. 219); 22. "Now when so much has passed before our eyes …" (pp. 219-220); 23. "A little further …" (p. 220); 24. "Here terminate the works of the sea, the works of love …" (p. 220).

Part II: Ancient Dances [Γυμνοπαιδία]: 1. "Santorin" (pp. 221-222); 2. "Mycenae" (pp. 222-223).

Part III: Poems from A Book of Exercises [Τετράδιο Γυμνασμάτων]: 1. "Five Japanese Poems" (p. 224); 2. "Epitaph" (p. 225); 3. "Epiphany, 1937" (pp. 225-226); 4. "In the Manner of G.S." (pp. 226-228).

Part IV: Poems from Log Book [Ημερολόγιο καταστρώματος] 1 and 2: 1. "Mathias Pascalis among the Roses" (1937) (pp. 229-230); 2. "Our Sun" (1937) (p. 230); 3. "Morning" (p. 231); 4. "The Return of the Exile" (1938) (pp. 231-233); 5. "The King of Asine" (1939) (pp. 233-235); 6. "Stratis the Mariner among the Agapanthus Flowers" (1941) (pp. 235-236); 7. "Calligraphy" (p. 236); 8. "Old Man on the River Bank" (pp. 237-238); 9. "Stratis the Mariner on the Dead Sea" (pp. 238-240).

"Two Poems": "The Mourning Girl" (p. 248); "Denial" (p. 249).

Note: As to the question of who is responsible for the translations see "Notes" (pp. 333-335), where it becomes apparent that the answer to this question is rather more complicated than is stated in the heading acknowledgement on p. 207.

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