How to Pray (Iliad 1.500-510)
June 5, 2009
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Thetis uses a common but flexible Greek prayer formula to make a request of Zeus. Iliad 1.500-510, discussed, translated, and read in Greek by Matt Morowitz. May 2009
καί ῥα πάροιθ᾽ αὐτοῖο καθέζετο, καὶ λάβε γούνων
σκαιῆι, δεξιτερῆι δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀνθερεῶνος ἑλοῦσα
λισσομένη προσέειπε Δία Κρονίωνα ἄνακτα·
Ζεῦ πάτερ εἴ ποτε δή σε μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισιν ὄνησα
ἢ ἔπει ἢ ἔργωι, τόδε μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρ·
τίμησόν μοι υἱὸν ὃς ὠκυμορώτατος ἄλλων
ἔπλετ᾽· ἀτάρ μιν νῦν γε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων
ἠτίμησεν· ἑλὼν γὰρ ἔχει γέρας αὐτὸς ἀπούρας.
ἀλλὰ σύ πέρ μιν τῖσον Ὀλύμπιε μητίετα Ζεῦ·
τόφρα δ᾽ ἐπὶ Τρώεσσι τίθει κράτος ὄφρ᾽ ἂν Ἀχαιοὶ
υἱὸν ἐμὸν τίσωσιν ὀφέλλωσίν τέ ἑ τιμῆι.
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June 11th, 2009 at 3:11 am
Nice interesting prayer. It is better to pray to the supreme being instead:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare,
Hope you enjoy chanting a thousand times more than you enjoy the toys we produce.
June 17th, 2009 at 4:47 am
Hi! I am very happy to visit your blog and learn this information. Is there any possibility that you can translate it in English? Thanks!
June 17th, 2009 at 4:47 am
Hi! I am very happy to visit your blog and learn this information. Is there any possibility that you can translate it in English? Thanks!