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A more sober translation seems to be: And the gray-eyed goddess herself bestowed on them every art, so that they surpassed all mortal men as the best workers w
by elliptic 12y ago
A more sober translation seems to be:
And the gray-eyed goddess herself bestowed on them every art, so that they surpassed all mortal men as the best workers with their hands; and the roads bore works of art like living, moving creatures, and their fame was profound.
Which perhaps doesn't carry the same implications as the rather florid translation you quoted.
- duaneb 12y ago> Which perhaps doesn't carry the same implications as the rather florid translation you quoted. Pretty typical of classical greek translations, though, and sometimes it's necessary–see Sappho.
- pjungwir 12y agoLet's see how Hacker News handles Unicode! :-) Pindar's 7th Olympian Ode, lines 50-54: αὐτὰ δέ σφισιν ὤπασε τέχναν πᾶσαν ἐπιχθονίων Γλαυκῶπις ἀριστοπόνοις χερσὶ κρατεῖν. ἔργα δὲ ζωοῖσιν ἑρπόντεσσί θ᾽ ὁμοῖα κέλευθοι φέρον: ἦν δὲ κλέος βαθύ. Your version is pretty exact!
- elliptic 12y agoJust to be clear, it's not my version. I've always wished I could read Classical Greek.