Friday, November 07, 2025
Sweet It Is
Hesiod, fragment 274 Merkelbach and West (p. 134), lines 1-2 (tr. Hugh G. Evelyn-White):
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For pleasant it is at a feast and rich banquet
to tell delightful tales, when men have had enough of feasting...
ἡδὺ [μέν] ἐστ ̓ ἐν δαιτὶ καὶ εἰλαπίνῃ τεθαλυίῃ
τέρπεσθαι μύθοισιν, ἐπὴν δαιτὸς κορέσωνται,,,
