Today.

[macinberry]

μήτηρ γάρ τέ μέ φησι θεὰ Θέτις ἀργυρόπεζα (410)
διχθαδίας κῆρας φερέμεν θανάτοιο τέλος δέ.
εἰ μέν κ’ αὖθι μένων Τρώων πόλιν ἀμφιμάχωμαι,
ὤλετο μέν μοι νόστος, ἀτὰρ κλέος ἄφθιτον ἔσται•
εἰ δέ κεν οἴκαδ’ ἵκωμι φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν,
ὤλετό μοι κλέος ἐσθλόν, ἐπὶ δηρὸν δέ μοι αἰὼν (415)
ἔσσεται, οὐδέ κέ μ’ ὦκα τέλος θανάτοιο κιχείη

Comments

[anonymous]

Is this from 'The Iliad?' I just skimmed it, and my ancient Greek is somewhat rusty, but I thought I saw the words Thetis and Troy, and something about death?

HRB

[macinberry]

I'm impressed. We were watching Troy which made me reminiscent of my BCraig and SMac days. This is from where Achilles is talking about his 2 fates as described to him by his mother (Thetis). Ah glory. Apparently it is everlasting.

[anonymous]

It sure is. I think Achilles made the right choice...he even got a body part named after him, which is no small thing.