Epitaph

[sdi]

κείσομ’ ἐπεί κε θάνω: νῦν δὲ κλέος ἐσθλὸν ἀροίμην,

I can rest when I'm dead; for now, I must win a good name,

(Akhilles whining. Homer, Iliad XVIII 121.)

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This line is so me that it's funny. (Thetis's reply, "but you don't even have any armor," is also apposite.)

Comments

[ashverse]

The fact this phrase is so old goes to show humans are always human....

[sdi]

An angel told me once that if people were any worse, they'd be beasts, and if they were any better, they'd be angels. I guess that's why people never change, and all the more reason to always live at the upper edge of one's capabilities...

[ashverse]

I agree.