Theocritus Idyll 11: the Cyclops 12-18
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hawkwing_lbπολλάκι ταὶ ὄιες ποτὶ ταὐλίον αὐταὶ ἀπῆνθον
χλωρᾶς ἐκ βοτάνας: ὁ δὲ τὰν Γαλάτειαν ἀείδων
αὐτόθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀιόνος κατετάκετο φυκιοέσσας
[15] ἐξ ἀοῦς, ἔχθιστον ἔχων ὑποκάρδιον ἕλκος
Κύπριδος ἐκ μεγάλας, τό οἱ ἥπατι πᾶξε βέλεμνον.
ἀλλὰ τὸ φάρμακον εὗρε, καθεζόμενος δ᾽ ἐπὶ πέτρας
ὑψηλᾶς ἐς πόντον ὁρῶν ἄειδε τοιαῦτα.
Often the rams from their own fold departed
green from pasture: while he, singing of Galateia
from that spot melted away from the weedy shore
at daybreak, having a most hateful wound in the heart
from great Kypris, the one sprinkled in his passions by her dart.
But he discovered the medicine, and taking his seat on a lofty rock,
he sang these sorts of things, looking to the open sea.
χλωρᾶς ἐκ βοτάνας: ὁ δὲ τὰν Γαλάτειαν ἀείδων
αὐτόθ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀιόνος κατετάκετο φυκιοέσσας
[15] ἐξ ἀοῦς, ἔχθιστον ἔχων ὑποκάρδιον ἕλκος
Κύπριδος ἐκ μεγάλας, τό οἱ ἥπατι πᾶξε βέλεμνον.
ἀλλὰ τὸ φάρμακον εὗρε, καθεζόμενος δ᾽ ἐπὶ πέτρας
ὑψηλᾶς ἐς πόντον ὁρῶν ἄειδε τοιαῦτα.
Often the rams from their own fold departed
green from pasture: while he, singing of Galateia
from that spot melted away from the weedy shore
at daybreak, having a most hateful wound in the heart
from great Kypris, the one sprinkled in his passions by her dart.
But he discovered the medicine, and taking his seat on a lofty rock,
he sang these sorts of things, looking to the open sea.
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Date: 2012-10-04 02:39 pm (UTC):p
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Date: 2012-10-04 04:00 pm (UTC)also, the part about Plato does not surprise me. I mean, it's Plato - would they ever be small justifications?
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Date: 2012-10-04 04:16 pm (UTC)