Sunday, December 17, 2023
Boast of Diomedes
Homer, Iliad 5.253-254 (tr. A.T. Murray):
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Not in my blood is it to fight a skulking fight
or to cower down; still is my strength steadfast.
οὐ γάρ μοι γενναῖον ἀλυσκάζοντι μάχεσθαι
οὐδὲ καταπτώσσειν· ἔτι μοι μένος ἔμπεδόν ἐστιν.
