Wednesday, March 19, 2025

 

Thanks to the Gods

Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 233-234 (tr. Alan H. Sommerstein):
It is thanks to the gods that we dwell in an unconquered City
and that our wall keeps off the enemy horde.

διὰ θεῶν πόλιν νεμόμεθ᾿ ἀδάματον,
δυσμενέων δ᾿ ὄχλον πύργος ἀποστέγει.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 9:41 AM


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