Friday, April 19, 2024

 

Sleep

Homer, Odyssey 13.79-80 (tr. A.T. Murray):
Sweet sleep fell upon his eyelids,
an unawakening sleep, most sweet, and most like to death.

καὶ τῷ νήδυμος ὕπνος ἐπὶ βλεφάροισιν ἔπιπτε,
νήγρετος, ἥδιστος, θανάτῳ ἄγχιστα ἐοικώς.
W.B. Stanford ad loc.:
Related post: Sleep and Death.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 5:47 AM


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