Tuesday, May 16, 2023
A Greek Limerick on C.M. Bowra by Douglas Young
Ward Briggs, "Douglas Young, Hellenist," Studies in Scottish Literature 47.2 (2021) 113-132 (at 116):
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Βάβαξ τις ὀνόματι ΒαῦραThanks to Gonzalo Jerez Sánchez for correcting a Greek accent (a typographical error in the article).
ἐπίσταθ' Ἑλληνικὰ παῦρα,
καὶ ταῦτα κακῶς,
ἔγραψε δ' ὅμως
βιβλία πολλὰ καὶ φλαῦρα.8
8 "A certain chatterer named Bowra / knew few things Greek / and those very things badly, / he nonetheless wrote / books both numerous and bad." In 1938, when Bowra was named Warden of Wadham, Young made an author's emendation in the first line to Φύλαξ τις… ("A certain guardian…").
