Monday, May 25, 2015
A Fine Thing
Tyrtaeus, fragment 10, lines 1-2 (tr. Douglas E. Gerber):
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It is a fine thing for a brave man to die when he has fallen among the front ranks while fighting for his homeland.
τεθνάμεναι γὰρ καλὸν ἐνὶ προμάχοισι πεσόντα
ἄνδρ' ἀγαθὸν περὶ ᾗ πατρίδι μαρνάμενον.
