[B-Greek] B-Greek list special day

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Jul 23 09:31:08 EDT 2008


On Jul 23, 2008, at 9:09 AM, Jonathan Robie wrote:

> Carl Conrad wrote:
>> On Jul 22, 2008, at 5:45 PM, George F Somsel wrote:
>>
>>> Happy 39th birthday, Carl.
>>>
>>
>> Enough of this now. Suffice it to say that I AM older than dirt.
>>
>
> Therefore, dirt is no older than 38 years.

I never swore anything about the 39 years or 39 steps -- nor anything  
else that is 39. I might wish for what Virgil calls a "robusta  
ssenectus."
Again, with all due respect to Heraclitus, Apollo, and any others who  
might take offense,  I must cite a Pre-socratic source:: Heraclitus  
fr. 18D-K:
ὁ ἄναξ, οὗ τὸ μαντειόν ἐστι τὸ ἐν  
Δελφοῖϙ, οὔτε λέγει οὔτε κρύπτει,  
ἀλλὰ σημαίνει.
hO ANAX, hOU TO MANTEION ESTI TO EN DELFOIS, OUTE LEGEI OUTE KRUPTEI,  
ALLA SHMAINEI.
I'd English this: "The lord whose oracle is the one at Delphi neither  
speaks nor covers up, but rather signals."

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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