Monday, October 16, 2023

 

For a Select Audience

Callimachus, Aetia, fragment 1, lines 29-30 (tr. Annette Harder):
For we sing among those who love the clear sound
of the cicada, but not the noise of asses.

ἐνὶ τοῖς γὰρ ἀείδομεν οἳ λιγὺν ἦχον
τέττιγος, θόρυβον δ' οὐκ ἐφίλησαν ὄνων.



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