Sunday, May 31, 2020
Disaster
Hesiod, Works and Days 242-243 (tr. M.L. West):
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From heaven Kronos' son brings disaster upon them,
famine and with it plague, and the people waste away.
τοῖσιν δ' οὐρανόθεν μέγ' ἐπήγαγε πῆμα Κρονίων
λιμὸν ὁμοῦ καὶ λοιμόν· ἀποφθινύθουσι δὲ λαοί.
