“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? Thank you, Pindar)
Pindar, Olympian 10. 7-8
“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? Thank you, Pindar)