Friday, October 20, 2023

 

Straight Speaking

Euripides, Rhesus 394-395 (Hector to Rhesus; tr. David Kovacs):
It is my custom always to speak the truth; I am not double-tongued.

                                                φιλῶ λέγειν
τἀληθὲς αἰεὶ κοὐ διπλοῦς πέφυκ᾽ ἀνήρ.
Id. 422-423 (Rhesus to Hector):
I too am the sort of man who cuts a straight path in his speech; I am not double-tongued.

τοιοῦτός εἰμι καὐτός, εὐθεῖαν λόγων
τέμνων κέλευθον, κοὐ διπλοῦς πέφυκ᾽ ἀνήρ.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 4:58 AM


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