“There is glory for the young man who contends and wins the prize.”
κῦδος γὰρ νέῳ ἀνδρὶ φέρειν ἀπ’ ἀγῶνος ἄεθλον.
Quintus Smyrnaeus, 4.322
ΕΥΔΟΞΑ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΛΑΣΤΑ
ΕΥΔΟΞΑ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΛΑΣΤΑ
“There is glory for the young man who contends and wins the prize.”
κῦδος γὰρ νέῳ ἀνδρὶ φέρειν ἀπ’ ἀγῶνος ἄεθλον.
Great quote. I am reblogging this. In Mycenaean Linear B it would be written as: kudo e neo atoroqi pere ap akono aetero
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Great quote. I am reblogging this. In Mycenaean Linear B it would be written as: kudo e neo atoroqi pere ap akono aetero
Thanks for the reblog and the Mycenaean translation. That’s a thing Quintus couldn’t have imagined!