Wednesday, August 02, 2023

 

No Tomorrow

Sophocles, Women of Trachis 943-946 (nurse speaking; tr. Hugh Lloyd-Jones):
That is how things stand here; so that if anyone reckons on two days or more, he is acting foolishly, for there is no tomorrow till one has got through today in happiness.

τοιαῦτα τἀνθάδ᾿ ἐστίν. ὥστ᾿ εἴ τις δύο
ἢ κἀπὶ πλείους ἡμέρας λογίζεται,
μάταιός ἐστιν· οὐ γὰρ ἔσθ᾿ ἥ γ᾿ αὔριον        945
πρὶν εὖ πάθῃ τις τὴν παροῦσαν ἡμέραν.

944 κἀπὶ West: καὶ codd.: κἄτι Herwerden
M.L. West, "Tragica III," Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 26 (1979) 104-117 (at 111, click once or twice to enlarge):

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 6:34 AM


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