“Alas, I am a wretch: because of the terrors I have suffered
I bring pleasure to my enemies and toil to my friends.”
῎Ωιμοι ἐγὼ δειλός· καὶ δὴ κατάχαρμα μὲν ἐχθροῖς,
τοῖσι φίλοις δὲ πόνος δεινὰ παθὼν γενόμην.
Theognis 1318a-b
“Alas, I am a wretch: because of the terrors I have suffered
I bring pleasure to my enemies and toil to my friends.”
῎Ωιμοι ἐγὼ δειλός· καὶ δὴ κατάχαρμα μὲν ἐχθροῖς,
τοῖσι φίλοις δὲ πόνος δεινὰ παθὼν γενόμην.