Friday, May 16, 2025
Don't Be a Coward
Homer, Iliad 8.93-95 (Diomedes speaking; tr. Richmond Lattimore):
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where are you running, turning your back in battle like a coward?
Do not let them strike the spear in your back as you run for it.
διογενὲς Λαερτιάδη πολυμήχαν᾽ Ὀδυσσεῦ
πῇ φεύγεις μετὰ νῶτα βαλὼν κακὸς ὣς ἐν ὁμίλῳ;
μή τίς τοι φεύγοντι μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πήξῃ. 95
- Boast of L. Aemilius Paulus
- Wound Placement
- Wounds in Front versus Wounds in Back
- Location of Wounds
- Cowardice and Bravery
- Wounds, Honorable and Dishonorable
- Preserving One's Honor in Retreat
- Wounds In Front and In Back
- Facing Death
