Thursday, November 30, 2023

 

Words of One Too Old to Lead

Vergil, Aeneid 8.508-509 (Evander speaking; tr. Frederick Ahl):
                                                                          But my old age
Slows me with ice-stiff limbs, worn out by decades, and bedevils
Me as a leader. My strength is too far beyond prime for heroics.

sed mihi tarda gelu saeclisque effeta senectus
invidet imperium seraeque ad fortia vires.
The same, tr. Lee M. Fratantuono and R. Alden Smith:
But as for me, advanced years, slowed by the chill of age and exhausted by many generations,
begrudge me the ruling power, and my strength is too late for brave deeds.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 4:46 PM


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