Laudator Temporis Acti: Nothing Wrong

Friday, February 19, 2021

Nothing Wrong

Sophocles, Antigone 511 (tr. R.C. Jebb):

There is nothing shameful in piety to a brother.

οὐδὲν γὰρ αἰσχρὸν τοὺς ὁμοσπλάγχνους σέβειν.

ὁμόσπλαγχνος = ὁμογάστριος = from the same womb, born of the same mother, uterine (Liddell-Scott-Jones).

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 10:03 AM

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