Wednesday, August 14, 2024
The Gods Have Made Thee Mad
Homer, Odyssey 23.11-14 (Penelope to Eurycleia; tr. A.T. Murray):
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Dear nurse, the gods have made thee mad, they who can
make foolish even one who is full wise,
and set the simple-minded in the paths of understanding;
it is they that have marred thy wits, though heretofore thou wast sound of mind.
μαῖα φίλη, μάργην σε θεοὶ θέσαν, οἵ τε δύνανται
ἄφρονα ποιῆσαι καὶ ἐπίφρονά περ μάλ᾽ ἐόντα,
καί τε χαλιφρονέοντα σαοφροσύνης ἐπέβησαν·
οἵ σέ περ ἔβλαψαν· πρὶν δὲ φρένας αἰσίμη ἦσθα.
