Maggie's Farm

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Saturday, May 9. 2009

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h/t, Chequerboard

Posted by Bird Dog in Saturday Verse at 05:56 | Comments (10) | Trackback (1)

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Inspiration and the gods
One of us quoted Dylan recently, who said something like "You got to take your inspiration wherever you can get it." And we recently posted the lines which begin "Sing, Goddess...." Thus acknowledging that the Goddess is the author, n
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i just sent it to Jamie Irons --i predict the good doctor will produce a translation within hours --if he's not out fighting those fires or delivering a stork or somthin'.
#1 buddy larsen on 2009-05-09 06:24 (Reply)
First lines of Homer's Iliad.

Sing, goddess, the rage of Achilles the son of Peleus,
the destructive rage that sent countless ills on the Achaeans...
#2 guest on 2009-05-09 07:59 (Reply)
Wow! Ur an ANIMAL!
#2.1 Rattso on 2009-05-09 09:53 (Reply)
These are the opening lines of the Iliad, as a previous commenter noted.

Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another.

(Samuel Butler translation)
#3 Mad Minerva (Link) on 2009-05-09 08:56 (Reply)
Jove?? Shouldn't that be Zeus? Jove was the Roman equivalent of Zeus, IIRC.
#4 Sam L. on 2009-05-09 10:01 (Reply)
This is a portion of Aerosmith's Dream On written in Greek:

Sing with me, sing for the year
sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
Sing with me, sing for the year
sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away....
#5 Jephnol (Link) on 2009-05-09 11:02 (Reply)
Mary had a little lamb
little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
who's fleece was white as snow

Should I go on?
#6 Locus on 2009-05-09 11:26 (Reply)
Myriades évitent lames.
Et nuissent feux lisses. Où asseoit et sonne haut.
En abreuvoir dettes mairie ointe
Deux lames azure d'Iago.
#6.1 Ron Hardin (Link) on 2009-05-09 14:41 (Reply)
Ou sont les neiges d'antan? Just emerged from remote storage inside my personal hard disc inside my head. Pretty crowded in there now. If I live for ten more years, it may start over as a tabula rasa ...

There you go, Bird Dog ... That'll teach you to post Greek poetry.

Marianne
#7 Marianne Matthews on 2009-05-09 14:48 (Reply)
It's Greek to me.
#8 Gringo on 2009-05-09 21:52 (Reply)

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