Volume 1

Studies of the Greek poets / by John Addington Symonds.

  • John Addington Symonds
Date:
1877-1879
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Studies of the Greek poets / by John Addington Symonds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    And another, on the difference between the leaders and the followers in the pomp of life (ii. 270) :— TroWol roi vap6r]Ko(p6poL ttavpoL 8e re fiaKxoi. Equally without author’s name is the following excellent prayer (ii. 271) : * Zev fiacrtAev ra p.\v ecrflAa /cal €vxop.4vois Kal avevKrois ap.fj.1 Sldov * ra 5e Avypa /cal evxofJLevoov airepvKOis. Lucian gives the following good advice on the use of wealth (ii. 256): f cos redi/ri£6p.evos roov (Tcov ayadoov airdAave, cos 8e fiiooffSixevos (peiSeo ffuv Kreavoov ecrrt 8’ av)]p ffocpbs ovros ts tip.(poo ravra voijffas (peitio? Kal bairdinj fierpov Z(pr]pp.6aaro. Agathias asks why we need fear death (ii. 264) rbv Oavarnv t! <po^G<rQe, rbv ijaux^s yeverrjpa, rbv iravovra v6<rovs Kal ttcvit]s obvvas ; /ulovvov aira£ Qvr)rois Trapayiverai, oi>8e nor avrbv e78ev tls Qviproov Sevrepov Zpx6p*vov ’ at 8e v6aoi iroAAal Kal iroiKiAai, &AAor* iir' &AAov ZpxApsvai dvTjroov Kal p*raf5aKA6p.evai. The remainder of my quotations from this section will all be * “ God, grant us good, whether or not we pray ; But e’en from praying souls keep bad away.” . f “Your goods enjoy, as if about to die ; As if about to live, use sparingly. That man is wise, who, bearing both in mind, A mean, befitting waste and thrift, can find.” Burgess. J “ Why shrink from Death, the parent of repose, The cure of sickness and all human woes ? As through the tribes of men he speeds his way, Once, and but once, his visit he will pay ; Whilst pale diseases, harbingers of pain, Close on each other crowd—an endless train.” W. Shepherd.