Horace, Epistulae 1.19.6

“Homer is said to have been a drunkard because of his praise of wine”

laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus


Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Theognis, 1135-6

 

“Hope is the only good god present among men

The rest abandoned us and went to Olympos”

 

 

᾿Ελπὶς ἐν ἀνθρώποισι μόνη θεὸς ἐσθλὴ ἔνεστιν

ἄλλοι δ’ Οὔλυμπόν ἐκπρολιπόντες ἔβαν

A Hope Tattoo?

Theognis, more a method than a man.