This time I’d
like to share a passage from Medea, a Greek play by Euripides.
‘Tis
best men tread the equal way.
Aye,
not with glory but with peace
May
the long summers find me crowned;
For
gentleness-her very sound
Is
magic, and her usages.
All
wholesome; but the fiercely great
Hath
little music on his road,
And
falleth, when the hand of God
Shall
move, most deep and desolate.
The nurse
(nurse of Medea and Jason’s children) reflected that she was very grateful to
live a moderate life, as she believed that wealth and fortune only brought unhappiness
towards men. It’s wisely true, but unfortunately greediness is often overshadow
this wisdom from us.
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Wow, You're reading Medea, I have The Trojan Women. Hahaha. Can't wait to read your post about Greek plays.
ReplyDeleteSeriously? Just can't wait to read your thoughts, then...
DeleteMy weekend quote if from Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal:
ReplyDeleteL’homme y passe à travers des forêts de symboles
Qui l’observant avec des regards familiers.
Man passes through forests of symbols
Which observe him with familiar looks.
Charles Baudelaire “Correspondances”
which suggested a way of thinking about Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
http://severalfourmany.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/he-cannot-chuse-but-hear-coleridges-ancient-mariner/