Monday, May 01, 2023
Fortune
Plutarch, Life of Timoleon 16.5 (tr. Bernadotte Perrin):
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Some of the bystanders bore witness also to the truth of his words, and wondered, too, at the dexterity of Fortune, seeing how she makes some things lead up to others, brings all things together from afar, weaves together incidents which seem to be most divergent and to have nothing in common with one another, and so makes use of their reciprocal beginnings and endings.
καὶ μαρτυροῦντας εἶχεν ἐνίους τῶν παρόντων, θαυμάζοντας ἅμα τῆς τύχης τήν εὐμηχανίαν, ὡς δι᾽ ἑτέρων ἕτερα κινοῦσα καὶ συνάγουσα πάντα πόρρωθεν καὶ συγκαταπλέκουσα τοῖς πλεῖστον διαφέρειν δοκοῦσι καὶ μηδὲν ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα κοινόν ἀεὶ τοῖς ἀλλήλων χρῆται καὶ τέλεσι καὶ ἀρχαῖς.
