Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Minstrels
Homer, Odyssey 8.479-481 (tr. Peter Green):
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For among all men worldwide minstrels receive their shareA.F. Garvie ad loc.:
of honor and reverence, since the Muse has taught them
the ways of song, and has love for the whole tribe of singers.
πᾶσι γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἀοιδοὶ
τιμῆς ἔμμοροί εἰσι καὶ αἰδοῦς, οὕνεκ᾽ ἄρα σφέας 480
οἴμας μοῦσ᾽ ἐδίδαξε, φίλησε δὲ φῦλον ἀοιδῶν.
