Friday, January 07, 2005
Party On
Homer, Odyssey 9.5-11 (tr. S.H. Butcher and A. Lang):
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Nay, as for me, I say that there is no more gracious or perfect delight than when a whole people makes merry, and the men sit orderly at feast in the halls and listen to the singer, and the tables by them are laden with bread and flesh, and a wine-bearer drawing the wine serves it round and pours it into the cups. This seems to me well-nigh the fairest thing in the world.
