Friday, June 11, 2021

 

Fate

Homer, Iliad 6.488-489 (tr. Richmond Lattimore):
But as for fate, I think that no man yet has escaped it
once it has taken its first form, neither brave man nor coward.

μοῖραν δ᾽ οὔ τινά φημι πεφυγμένον ἔμμεναι ἀνδρῶν,
οὐ κακὸν οὐδὲ μὲν ἐσθλόν, ἐπὴν τὰ πρῶτα γένηται.
G.S. Kirk ad loc. interprets ἐπὴν τὰ πρῶτα γένηται differently:

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 8:15 AM


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