Monday, May 11, 2009

Don't Mess with Agamemnon



Μή σε, γέρον, κοίλῃσιν ἐγὼ παρὰ νήυσι κίχειω
ἢ νῦν δηθύνοντ' ἢ ὕστερον αὖτις ἰόντα,
μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμῃ σκῆπτρον καὶ στέμμα θεοῖο·
τὴν δ' ἐγὼ οὐ λύσω· πρίν μιν καὶ γῆρας ἔπεισεν
ἡμέτερῳ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ ἐν Ἄργεϊ, τηλόθι πάτρης,
ἱστὸν ἐποιχομένην καὶ ἐμὸν λέχος ἀντιόωσαν·
ἀλλ' ἴθι, μὴ μ' ἐρέθιζε, σαώτερος ὥς κε νέηαι.


Why am I reading this instead of studying economics?

1 comment:

Adam Mitchell Bernard Bond said...

I should think the answer is quite obvious. Ο Όμηρος είναι μεγάλη. Pardon my troublesomely poor Greek.