Hesiod W&D 721
εἰ δὲ κακὸν εἴποις, τάχα κ' αὐτὸς μεῖζον ἀκούσαις
But if you speak evil, soon you yourself shall hear worse.
But if you speak evil, soon you yourself shall hear worse.
posted by Nicholas at 9:58 AM
Sunday, April 12, 2009
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- Name: Nicholas
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Nicholas has temporarily quit the rural forests of the Catskill Mountains in order to study Classics formally.
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Not every end is the goal. The end of a melody is not its goal; and yet: as long as the melody has not reached its end, it also hasn’t reached its goal. A parable.
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1 Comments:
Ooh, and you've gotta love that Hesiod the versifier feels the weight of the digamma in ϝείποις!
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