Saturday, September 17, 2005

 

Overseas Adventures

Theognis 887-888 (tr. J.M. Edmonds):
And lend thou not too ready an ear to the loud cry of the herald; we are not fighting for our own country.

Μηδὲ λίην κήρυκος ἀν᾽ οὖς ἔχε μακρὰ βοῶντος·
    οὐ γὰρ πατρῴας γῆς πέρι μαρνάμεθα.



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