Tuesday, September 26, 2023

 

No Escape

Homer, Iliad 11.451 (vaunt of Odysseus over the body of Sokos; tr. Peter Green):
The end of death overtook you, you couldn't escape it!

φθῆ σε τέλος θανάτοιο κιχήμενον, οὐδ᾽ ὑπάλυξας.
It could be a line from an epitaph.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 3:35 PM


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