Wednesday, October 16, 2024

 

Ruin Bare

Euripides, Trojan Women 26-27 (tr. James Morwood):
For whenever the curse of desolation lays hold on a city,
religion grows sickly and there is no will to honour the gods.

ἐρημία γὰρ πόλιν ὅταν λάβῃ κακή,
νοσεῖ τὰ τῶν θεῶν οὐδὲ τιμᾶσθαι θέλει.
Robert Yelverton Tyrrell ad loc.:

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 9:51 AM


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