Monthly Archives: July 2012

Heraclitus, Fragment 110

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

“It is not better for men to have as much they want”   ἀνθρώποις γίνεσθαι ὁκόσα θέλουσιν οὐκ ἄμεινον

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Publilius Syrus, Sententiae N.9

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

“As men, there is no better place to die than where we have lived freely”. Nusquam melius morimur homines quam ubi libenter uiximus. Publilius Syrus

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Homer, Odyssey 17.218

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

    “God always bring like men together.”   αἰεί τοι τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον   This, of course, is not necessarily a positive thing (in the Odyssey the wicked cowherd Melantheus says this to insult Odysseus and … Continue reading →

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Seneca, Epistulae Morales 28.1

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

“You should change your spirit, not the weather”. animum debes mutare, non caelum. Lucius Annaeus Seneca In other words, running away from your problems doesn’t change much . . . 

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Plato, Lysis 211e5-6

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

  “I would much rather acquire a friend than all of Darius’ gold.”   οἶμαι δέ…μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ Δαρείου χρυσίον κτήσασθαι δεξαίμην πολὺ πρότερον ἑταῖρον   A sweet sentiment certainly, but typically undermined by Socrates’ claims soon thereafter that he … Continue reading →

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Horace, Ars Poetica 309

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

“The origin and source of good writing is good judgment”. scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons. Quintus Horatius Flaccus

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Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 255-6

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

    “Men are too blind and senseless to foresee the share of good and ill to come.”   νήιδες ἄνθρωποι καὶ ἀφράδμονες οὔτ᾽ ἀγαθοῖο αἶσαν ἐπερχομένου προγνώμεναι οὔτε κακοῖο:   So says Demeter, a dread divinity to say the … Continue reading →

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Juvenal, Satires 6.242

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

“There is almost no legal proceeding that does not have a woman behind it”. nulla fere causa est in qua non femina litem moverit. Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis

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Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, 153-4

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

    “If I mounted your bed once, I would be willing to go straight to Hades’ home”     βουλοίμην κεν ἔπειτα… σῆς εὐνῆς ἐπιβὰς δῦναι δόμον Ἄιδος εἴσω.   So Anchises says to Aphrodite, before sex.  

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Pindar, Olympian 10. 7-8

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

    “What was to be the future attacked from afar and shamed my deep need.”   ἕκαθεν γὰρ ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος ἐμὸν καταίσχυνε βαθὺ χρέος.     (“The time about to be” (ὁ μέλλων χρόνος) in past tense? … Continue reading →

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