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To: Bob Ireland

ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσεν:
πολλῶν δ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἴδεν ἄστεα καὶ νόον ἔγνω,
πολλὰ δ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἐν πόντῳ πάθεν ἄλγεα ὃν κατὰ θυμόν,
ἀρνύμενος ἥν τε ψυχὴν καὶ νόστον ἑταίρων.
ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὣς ἑτάρους ἐρρύσατο, ἱέμενός περ:
αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρῃσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὄλοντο,
νήπιοι, οἳ κατὰ βοῦς Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο
ἤσθιον: αὐτὰρ ὁ τοῖσιν ἀφείλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ.


4 posted on 08/21/2026 6:37:51 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: proxy_user

Ándra moi énnepe, Moúsa, polýtropon, hòs mála pollà.

I’m still struggling with the Greek script, for no sensible reason except I haven’t spent enough time. It does sound grand in Greek


8 posted on 08/21/2026 6:49:40 PM PDT by Cronos (Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.)
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To: proxy_user

It’s Greek to me!


13 posted on 08/21/2026 7:03:44 PM PDT by lee martell
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