Wednesday, November 04, 2020
Events Which All Men Ought to Remember
Lysias 2.3 (tr. W.R.M. Lamb):
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So now, in the first place, I shall recount the ancient ordeals of our ancestors, drawing remembrance thereof from their renown. For they also are events which all men ought to remember, glorifying them in their songs, and describing them in the sage sayings of worthy minds; honouring them on such occasions as this, and finding in the achievements of the dead so many lessons for the living.
πρῶτον μὲν οὖν τοὺς παλαιοὺς κινδύνους τῶν προγόνων δίειμι, μνήμην παρὰ τῆς φήμης λαβών· ἄξιον γὰρ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις κἀκείνων μεμνῆσθαι, ὑμνοῦντας μὲν ἐν ταῖς ᾠδαῖς, λέγοντας δ᾿ ἐν ταῖς τῶν ἀγαθῶν γνώμαις, τιμῶντας δ᾿ ἐν τοῖς καιροῖς τοῖς τοιούτοις, παιδεύοντας δ᾿ ἐν τοῖς τῶν τεθνεώτων ἔργοις τοὺς ζῶντας.
γνώμαις X: μνήμαις ΦV: τοῖς τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐγκωμίοις Thalheim
