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There have traditionally been two different interpretations of the biblical Song of Songs. It can be read as an erotic love poem or as a poem of yearning for the Land of Israel. Ze’ev Raban’s…
Contributor:
Ze’ev Raban
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1911–1918
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The rape of Europa is a story from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus seduces the princess Europa and, taking the form of a bull, carries her on his back to the Mediterranean island of Crete. The…
Contributor:
Jacques Lipchitz
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
1938
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I am the creeper, the wild one
Climbing your garden hedge,
Reaching, a red one, a wild one,
Up to your window ledge;
To inhale your dress’ rustling
As on your floor I lay,
To pale in the light of…
Contributor:
Mani Leib
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1918