Because what he left is so fine and because he was so highly honored by his own people who, like the Moslems had a very powerful tradition of poetry in every class. So much so that the metaphors common to English poetry as an extreme expertise was a part of their common everyday way of relating to each other. See the translator John Bierhorst and Miguel Leon-Portilla for descriptions of this.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Ray Evans Harrell'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Robert E. Bowd'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Christoph Reuss'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 4:02 AM Subject: RE: [Futurework] FT PR vs. Historical Facts > Ray, > > How then do we know that " Nezahualcoyotl was one of the great > poets of the world"? > > Harry > > > ******************************************** > Henry George School of Social Science > of Los Angeles > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > Tel: 818 352-4141 -- Fax: 818 353-2242 > http://haledward.home.comcast.net > ******************************************** > > -----Original Message----- > On Behalf Of Ray Evans Harrell > > > Nezahualcoyotl was one of the great poets of the world. Today we > only have > these few paper shards as a result of the barbarians who couldn't > read and > destroyed the great libraries of Texcoco and Tenochtitlan. > > REH > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.552 / Virus Database: 344 - Release Date: 12/15/2003 > > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
