Τοσαῦτά σ', ὦ Ζεῦ, προστρέπω· καλῶ δ' ἅμα
πομπαῖον Ἑρμῆν χθόνιον εὖ με κοιμίσαι,
ξὺν ἀσφαδάστῳ καὶ ταχεῖ πηδήματι.
OD: σὺ οὔτε φωνεῖς οὔτε δρασείεις σοφά.
NE: ἀλλ‘ εἰ δίκαια, τῶν σοφῶν κρείσσω τάδε.
ὁρῶ γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδὲν ὄντας ἄλλο πλὴν, εἴδωλ‘ ὅσοιπερ ζῶμεν ἤ κούφην σκιάν
SophoclesI recognized the handwriting, and my heart gave a skip; when I opened it I got a turn, for it began, 'To my beloved Hector,' and I thought, by God she's cheating on me, and has sent me the wrong letter by mistake. But in the second line was a reference to Achilles, and another to Ajax, so I understood she was just addressing me in terms which she accounted fitting for a martial paladin; she knew no better. It was a common custom at that time, in the more romantic females, to see their soldier husbands and sweethearts as Greek heroes, instead of the whore-mongering, drunken clowns most of them were. However, the Greek heroes were probably no better, so it was not far off the mark.
George MacDonald FraserTags: ancient-greece hero achilles ajax greek-heroes martiality
In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
OvidTags: intelligence ulysses classics humans greek mythology roman metamorphoses ajax
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