Friday, January 06, 2023
Gifts of the Gods
Homer, Iliad 3.65-66 (tr. Richmond Lattimore):
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Never to be cast away are the gifts of the gods, magnificent,The same, tr. A.T. Murray:
which they give of their own will, no man could have them for wanting them.
οὔ τοι ἀπόβλητ᾽ ἐστὶ θεῶν ἐρικυδέα δῶρα
ὅσσά κεν αὐτοὶ δῶσιν, ἑκὼν δ᾽ οὐκ ἄν τις ἕλοιτο.
Not to be flung aside, look you, are the glorious gifts of the gods,Paraphrase of Theodoros Gazes:
even all that of themselves they give, whereas by his own will could no man win them.
οὐ φαῦλα καὶ ἀποβολῆς ἄξιά εἰσι τὰ μεγάλως ἔνδοξα δῶρα τῶν θεῶν, ὅσαπερ ἂν αὐτοὶ χαρίσονται, οἰκείᾳ δὲ θελήσει οὐδεὶς ἂν δύναιτο λαβεῖν.Thanks to Gonzalo Jerez Sánchez for corrections.
