Wednesday, May 13, 2020

 

Mammon

Euripides, Cyclops 316-317 (tr. Patrick O’Sullivan and Christopher Collard):
Little man, wealth is god for the wise;
the rest is all pompous and fine-seeming words.

ὁ πλοῦτος, ἀνθρωπίσκε, τοῖς σοφοῖς θεός,
τὰ δ' ἄλλα κόμποι καὶ λόγων εὐμορφίαι.
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# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 9:13 AM


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