Archilochus. fr 122.2-4: Nothing is Unexpected (The Eclipse)

 

“Nothing is now unexpected, foresworn and

Nothing amazes since father Zeus the Olympian

Veiled the light to make it night at midday.”

 

χρημάτων ἄελπτον οὐδέν ἐστιν οὐδ’ ἀπώμοτον

οὐδὲ θαυμάσιον, ἐπειδὴ Ζεὺς πατὴρ ᾿Ολυμπίων

ἐκ μεσαμβρίης ἔθηκε νύκτ’, ἀποκρύψας φάος

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