Saturday, June 07, 2025

 

Address to His Heart

Theognis 877-878 (tr. Douglas E. Gerber):
Enjoy your youth, my dear heart; soon it will be the turn of other
men, and I'll be dead and become dark earth.

ἥβα μοι, φίλε θυμέ· τάχ᾿ αὖ τινες ἄλλοι ἔσονται
    ἄνδρες, ἐγὼ δὲ θανὼν γαῖα μέλαιν᾿ ἔσομαι.
B.A. van Groningen ad loc.:

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 4:12 PM


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