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Veteran’s Day with Greek Elegy

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Simonides, Epigram (Greek Anthology,7.249): An Epitaph at Thermopylae

“Stranger, go tell the Spartans that we lie here
obedient to their commands.”

Ω ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις, ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
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Simonides, fr. 525 (or, Semonides?)

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“The gods easily make off with the minds of men”

ῥεῖα θεοὶ κλέπτουσιν ἀνθρώπων νόον

Simonides Fr. 524 (Stobaeus, Ecl. 4.51.7)

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Death catches up with those who run from battle too.

 

ὁ αὖ θάνατος κίχε καὶ τὸν φυγόμαχον

 

Yeah, yeah. I changed the singular τὸν φυγόμαχον to a plural. I liked it more.

 

What would Stobaeus think?

Simonides, 356

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“For, whether it be great virtues or great riches, all things come to one terrible Charybdis.”

πάντα γὰρ μίαν ἱκνεῖται δασπλῆτα Χάρυβδιν,
αί μεγάλαι τ’ ἀρεταὶ καὶ ὁ πλοῦτος.

Simonides, Fragment 522 (Stobaeus, Extracts)

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“All things—including great virtues and wealth—meet a single, invincible Charybdis.”

 

 

πάντα γὰρ μίαν ἱκνεῖται δασπλῆτα Χάρυβδιν,

αἱ μεγάλαι τ᾿ ἀρεταὶ καὶ ὁ πλοῦτος.

Simonides, 37.1 29-30

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“Not even the gods fight against necessity.”

 

 

ἀνάγκαι / δ’ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται.

 

Simonides not Semonides.