Thursday, March 31, 2016
New Tricks for Old Dogs?
Aristophanes, Clouds 639-640 (Socrates to Strepsiades; tr. Jeffrey Henderson):
Newer› ‹Older
Very well then, what would you begin learning now,My answer might be chemistry, which I never studied in school. On the other hand, maybe it's too late. Id. 854-855 (Strepsiades speaking):
of the subjects you were never taught anything about? Tell me.
ἄγε δή, τί βούλει πρῶτα νυνὶ μανθάνειν
ὧν οὐκ ἐδιδάχθης πώποτ' οὐδέν; εἰπέ μοι.
But every lesson I learned
I forgot right away because I'm too old.
ἀλλ᾿ ὅ τι μάθοιμ᾿ ἑκάστοτε
ἐπελανθανόμην ἂν εὐθὺς ὑπὸ πλήθους ἐτῶν.
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