Sunday, April 07, 2024

 

It Doesn't Take Much

Sophocles, Oedipus the King 961 (tr. R.B. Rutherford):
A little weight in the scale sends aged bodies to their rest.

σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματ᾽ εὐνάζει ῥοπή.
I.e. to their final rest.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 11:10 AM


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