Entries from January 2013

Saturday, January 19th, 2013

The Wrath of Achilles (Homer, Iliad 1.1-8)

Iliad 1.1-8 Μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί’ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε’ ἔθηκε, πολλὰς δ’ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν ἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν οἰωνοῖσί τε πᾶσι, Διὸς δ’ ἐτελείετο βουλή, ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς. Τίς τάρ σφωε θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνέηκε μάχεσθαι; Alexander Pope […]

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

I Hate and I Love (Catullus 85)

Catullus 85 Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.   C.H. Sisson (1967): I hate and I love. You may well ask, why I do so. I do not know, but I feel it and suffer.   Horace Gregory (1956): I HATE and love. And if you ask […]