“In addition to their consequential deeds, the other acts of great men, even those in jest, are worth remembering.”
Ἀλλ᾿ ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ τῶν καλῶν κἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν ἔργα οὐ μόνον τὰ μετὰ σπουδῆς πραττόμενα ἀξιομνημόνευτα εἶναι ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ἐν ταῖς παιδιαῖς
Tag: Symposium
Plato, Symposium 192e-193a
“Love is the name for the desire and pursuit of that oneness, that ancient nature we shared when we were whole.”
τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι τὸ αἴτιον, ὅτι ἡ ἀρχαία φύσις ἡμῶν ἦν αὕτη καὶ ἦμεν ὅλοι: τοῦ ὅλου οὖν τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ καὶ διώξει ἔρως ὄνομα
Yes, the translation isn’t quite literal, but the day has inspired.
Anacreon Fr. 356 a (Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.427ab)
“Bring me a bowl so I can drink straight without breathing”
ἄγε δὴ φέρ᾿ ἡμῖν ὦ παῖ
κελέβην, ὅκως ἄμυστιν
προπίω…
Sometimes breathing just gets in the way…
(Anacreon is not a model of temperance!)