Friday, February 03, 2023

 

The Boast of Glaukos

Homer, Iliad 6.211 (tr. Peter Green):
This is the bloodstock, the lineage I'm proud to claim as mine.

ταύτης τοι γενεῆς τε καὶ αἵματος εὔχομαι εἶναι.
It's also the boast of Aeneas (20.241).

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 4:00 PM


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