Wednesday, May 10, 2006

the inauguration.

ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μου̂σα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσεν...

Or perhaps more suited to me [if you'll forgive the unforgivable typesetting]:

धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः ।
मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत संजय ॥१-१॥

Or, best of all [though, as far as literature goes, not so much]:

ΕΝ ΑΡΧΗ ἠ̂ν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἠ̂ν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἠ̂ν ὁ λόγος. Οὑ̂τος ἠ̂ν ἐν ἀρχῃ̂ πρὸς τὸν θεόν. πάντα δι' αὐτου̂ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτου̂ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν. ὃ γέγονεν ἐν αὐτῳ̂ ζωὴ ἠ̂ν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἠ̂ν τὸ φω̂ς τω̂ν ἀνθρώπων: καὶ τὸ φω̂ς ἐν τῃ̂ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.

Or perhaps:

᾽Εν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ ϑεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν. ἡ δὲ γῆ ἦν ἀόρατος καὶ ἀκατασκεύαστος, καὶ σκότος ἐπάνω τῆς ἀβύσσου, καὶ πνεῦμα ϑεοῦ ἐπεϕέρετο ἐπάνω τοῦ ὕδατος. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ϑεός Γενηϑήτω ϕῶς. καὶ ἐγένετο ϕῶς.

Good night everybody.

3 comments:

Caelius said...

What scares me is that I can read enough Greek to read that.

By the way, Blogger will partially digest posts titled in Greek. So be wary!

Mr. G. Z. T. said...

The Homer or the Bible? If the Homer, I'm duly impressed.

Caelius said...

I can read the Homer only so much to tell which poem.