Thursday, October 26, 2023

 

Slaves to Lucre

Aristophanes, Wealth 362-363 (tr. Stephen Halliwell):
Oh dear, there's no one honest alive these days.
The only thing they care about is lucre.

φεῦ,
ὡς οὐδὲν ἀτεχνῶς ὑγιές ἐστιν οὐδενός,
ἀλλ' εἰσὶ τοῦ κέρδους ἅπαντες ἥττονες.
The same, tr. Benjamin Bickley Rogers:
Alas,
There's nothing sound or honest in the world,
The love of money overcomes us all.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 7:43 AM


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