“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 least…
Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 255-6
“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 least…