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Solon · 07-20-2007, 03:58 PM

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?

07-20-2007, 03:58 PM	#1
Solon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Happy Valley, PA Posts: 1,866	Greek Lyric poets 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? __________________ I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. - Epitaph of Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957)