Fragments of Old Comedy, 1146
“You need to start washing and you need to do it to music”
καταλαβεῖν σε τὴν πλύσιν δεῖ, δεῖ δὲ μὴ ’κτὸς μουσικοῦ
Aelian, Varia Historia 8
“…Some people with unclean hands were sailing with them…”
συμπλεόντων τινῶν οὐ καθαρῶν τὰς χεῖρας #Aelian
#classicstwitter #handwashing challenge
Learn 10 lines of hexameter
Recite while handwashing
Cleanse body and spirit
Repeat often— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) March 11, 2020
I think that people might like to do the Iliad, which is cool and uncool because line 10 is
νοῦσον ἀνὰ στρατὸν ὄρσε κακήν, ὀλέκοντο δὲ λαοί,
Very very topical, but, like too real, you know?
— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) March 11, 2020
Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers 378
“Their leaders’ unclean hands…”
τῶν δὲ κρατούντων χέρες οὐχ ὅσιαι
Euripides, Hippolytus 1458
“Would you leave me with unwashed hands?”
ἦ τὴν ἐμὴν ἄναγνον ἐκλιπὼν χέρα;
