"If someone asks how my life is going answer ‘crappy according to good standards, but well according to crappy ones’.”
ἢν δέ τίς εἰρωτᾶι τὸν ἐμὸν βίον, ὧδέ οἱ εἰπεῖν·
‘ὡς εὖ μὲν χαλεπῶς, ὡς χαλεπῶς δὲ μάλ’ εὖ #Theognis
“Hope is the only good god present among mortals
The rest abandoned us and went to Olympos”
᾿Ελπὶς ἐν ἀνθρώποισι μόνη θεὸς ἐσθλὴ ἔνεστιν
ἄλλοι δ’ Οὔλυμπόν ἐκπρολιπόντες ἔβαν #Theognis
[#DidYouKnow?]
Did you know how popular collections of Greek maxims were in the in the early modern period?
@nconstantinidou.bsky.social and Eleni Leontidou have just completed a chapter on this topic, to be published next year #WatchThisSpace #humanism #Theognis #GrECI
“This state has often run to ground like a failing ship
Thanks to the wickedness of its leaders.”
πολλάκις ἡ πόλις ἥδε δι᾿ ἡγεμόνων κακότητα
ὥσπερ κεκλιμένη ναῦς παρὰ γῆν ἔδραμεν. #Theognis
“It is difficult for an enemy to deceive
But it is easy for a friend to fool a friend.”
᾿Εχθρὸν μὲν χαλεπὸν καὶ δυσμενεῖ ἐξαπατῆσαι,
Κύρνε· φίλον δὲ φίλωι ῥάιδιον ἐξαπατᾶν #Theognis
Excuse me...WHAT?
How does this translator come up "a prostitutes cat" from this standard?
A prostitute's cat
I've never thought about a prostitute having a cat but why wouldn't they have a cat? People sacrificed cats to the moon???
#BookSky #wtf #help #theognis #classicalliterature
@Kurnos you betrayed me because I have other friends than me! You have ruined me. The gods are so unfair to me even though I'm the best in this whole town, morally. You want student loan forgiveness? Well I already paid mine so you must suffer too! Kurnos needs to be accountable
#BookSky #theognis
I bet someone punched Theognis' face. And if they didn't, they should have.
#BookSky ##classicalliterature #elegies #theognis
Theognis is the epitome of a sanctimonious dick
T: Why does everyone hate me?
T in the same breath: I am the best. No one can match my greatness!
I wrote "I wonder why..." (I'm really bad at underlining straight)
#BookSky 💙📚 #classicalliterature #theognis #ancientgreece
It is difficult for an enemy to deceive
But it is easy for a friend to fool a friend.”
᾿Εχθρὸν μὲν χαλεπὸν καὶ δυσμενεῖ ἐξαπατῆσαι,
Κύρνε· φίλον δὲ φίλωι ῥάιδιον ἐξαπατᾶν. #Theognis
So for me this is discovery of a gay poet new to me, alongside his theological and social arguments and comments. I’m enjoying his Elegies a lot so far.
#gaypoetry #homosexualpoetry #greekpoetry #ancientgreece #theognis #hesiod #penguinclassics #lgbt #queerpoetry
“Don’t remind me of my problems: I’ve suffered the way Odysseus did…”
μή με κακῶν μίμνησκε· πέπονθά τοι οἷά τ᾿Ὀδυσσεύς, #Theognis
“It is impossible to undo the things that have past
Let your worry be guarding what happens next.”
ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν προβέβηκεν, ἀμήχανόν ἐστι γενέσθαι
ἀργά· τὰ δ᾿ ἐξοπίσω, τῶν φυλακὴ μελέτω. #Theognis
“This state has often run to ground like a failing ship
Thanks to the wickedness of its leaders.”
πολλάκις ἡ πόλις ἥδε δι᾿ ἡγεμόνων κακότητα
ὥσπερ κεκλιμένη ναῦς παρὰ γῆν ἔδραμεν. #Theognis
“This state has often run to ground like a failing ship
Thanks to the wickedness of its leaders.”
πολλάκις ἡ πόλις ἥδε δι᾿ ἡγεμόνων κακότητα
ὥσπερ κεκλιμένη ναῦς παρὰ γῆν ἔδραμεν. #Theognis
δημοφάγον δὲ τύραννον ὅπως ἐθέλεις κατακλῖναι
οὐ νέμεσις πρὸς θεῶν γίνεται οὐδεμία.
#Theognis
