{"product_id":"poems-of-ancient-rome-and-greece-9798992183108","title":"Poems of Ancient Rome and Greece","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher T. Saitta\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dancing Satyr Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dancing Satyr Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Subjects \u0026amp; Themes - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis three-part book of poems is a learned journey to the authentic voice of the \u003cb\u003eAncient World\u003c\/b\u003e, focusing on \u003cb\u003eRome\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eGreece\u003c\/b\u003e. With language used as labyrinth, these poems criss-cross the narrow alleys and byways of antiquity, then follow the pulse of these early civilizations through the \u003cb\u003eMedieval\u003c\/b\u003e, before nesting in a modern view tinged with reverence for our past glories and failings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThematically and symbolically, the book is a metaphorical Colosseum of its own hand-placed brick of words with a touch of old Roman concrete and limestone, as porous and crumbled at the edges as time's treasured monuments: \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe moldering walls of lips, the kiss of vacant streets\u003cbr\u003eAnd the quiet, wet solitude bespoken by back roads, \u003cbr\u003eThe whispered origami of the Forum, paper gods in folds...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dancing Satyr Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45571181674647,"sku":"9798992183108","price":884.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798992183108.webp?v=1768595180","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/poems-of-ancient-rome-and-greece-9798992183108","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}