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Old 07-20-2007, 05:14 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Solon View Post
I'm teaching lyric poets in my Greek Civ. class this week. I had forgotten just how great they were. Here's my favorite fragment (for the moment) by Archilochus.

πόλλ’ οἶδ’ ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ’ ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα. (fr. 201)

Roughly translated:
"The fox knows many tricks, the hedgehog only one - a really good one."

Anyone else got some nice lyric fragments to share, or am I alone in my nerdiness?
What program do you have to write the Greek Script.

I like that one.
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