Monthly Archives: December 2011

Panyassis fragment 12 (19 W)

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

  Mortals have a fine gift equal to fire: wine, a defense against evil and companion of any song   οἶνος γὰρ πυρὶ ἶσον ἐπιχθονίοισιν ὄνειαρ ἐσθλόν, ἀλεξίκακον, πάσης συνοπηδὸν ἀοιδῆς.   Pany-who?  

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Juvenal, Satires 2.63

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

“Critics tend to go easy on the crows — but are hard on the doves” dat veniam corvis, uexat censura columbas. Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis

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Pindar, Pythian 8.95

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

“What is a person? What is not a person? Man is a dream of a shadow” τί δέ τις; τί δ’ οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ / ἄνθρωπος. the full text.

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Phaedrus, Fabulae 1.19

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

“The flattery of an evil man holds deceit” habent insidias hominis blanditiae mali Phaedrus the fabulous fabulist

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Plato, Apology 40 C

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

“Death is one of two things: either the dead are nothing and experience nothing or it happens to be, as they say, a transformation of the soul and an migration from this place to another.” δυοῖν γὰρ θάτερόν ἐστιν τὸ … Continue reading →

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Terence, Phormio 41

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

“How unequal fate is — that those who have less always give something to those who are richer” quam inique comparatumst, i qui minus habent ut semper aliquid addant ditioribus! Terence – Occupy Ancient Rome?

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Solon Fragment 15.1

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

“Many wicked men are wealthy and many good men are poor” πολλοὶ γὰρ πλουτέουσι κακοί, ἀγαθοὶ δὲ πένονται

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Horace, Odes 2.10.11-12

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

“Lightning tends to strike the highest peaks” …feriuntque summos / fulmina montes

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Homer, Iliad 9.312-313

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

“I hate like the gates of hell whoever says one thing but hides another in his thoughts.” ἐχθρὸς γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς ᾿Αΐδαο πύλῃσιν ὅς χ’ ἕτερον μὲν κεύθῃ ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ. The full text  Whom is Achilles … Continue reading →

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Horace, Odes 3.29.29-30

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

“Prudently the god covers the outcome of the future in dark night” prudens futuri temporis exitum caliginosa nocte premit deus

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