Saturday, November 28, 2015

 

School Prayer

Callimachus, fragment 221 (tr. C.A. Trypanis):
We ask for zeal for learning, the gift of Hermes.

αἰτοῦμεν εὐμάθειαν Ἑρμᾶνος δόσιν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones define εὐμάθεια as "readiness in learning, docility," εὐμαθής as "ready or quick at learning."

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 5:40 AM


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