Sunday, August 10, 2025
Alas
Theognis 527-528 (tr. Douglas E. Gerber):
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Alas for youth and alas for cursed old age,
the latter because it comes on, the former because it leaves.
ὤ μοι ἐγὼν ἥβης καὶ γήραος οὐλομένοιο,
τοῦ μὲν ἐπερχομένου, τῆς δ᾿ ἀπονισομένης.
