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John Heath-Stubbs, a British poet who used classical myth as an inspiration for his verse, has died at the age of 88.
Heath-Stubbs' works included poetry, plays, criticism and translations, including The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with Peter Avery in 1979 and his own epic poem, Artorius: A Heroic Poem in Four Books and Eight Episodes published in 1973.
Other works included 1969's Satires and Epigrams and The Immolation of Aleph, published in 1985.
