Tuesday, March 09, 2021

 

Prayer to Apollo

Pindar, Pythian Odes 1.39-40 (tr. Anthony Verity):
Phoebus, lord of Lycia and ruler of Delos,
lover of Castalia's spring at Parnassus,
be willing to store my wish in your heart
and make this a land of brave men.

Λύκιε καὶ Δάλοι᾿ ἀνάσσων
      Φοῖβε Παρνασσοῦ τε κράναν Κασταλίαν φιλέων,
ἐθελήσαις ταῦτα νόῳ τιθέμεν εὔανδρόν τε χώραν.
Basil L. Gildersleeve ad loc.:
Protocorinthian aryballos from Lechaion, c. 690 BC:

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 9:48 AM


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