Blameless, even if Diaeos and Critolaos were at fault.
When the Greeks want to boast,
‘Our nation turns out such men’ they will say
of you. And thus marvellous will be your praise. —
Written in Alexandria by an Achaean;
in the seventh year of Ptolemy Lathyrus.
and Irini, daughter of Andronikos Asan.Because they had only a few precious stones(our afflicted empire was extremely poor)they wore artificial ones: numerous pieces of glass,red, green, or blue. I findnothing humiliating or undignifiedin those little pieces of colored glass.On the contrary, they seema sad protest againstthe unjust misfortune of the couple being crowned,symbols of what…
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and blessed the bridal pairfor the son who would come from their union.‘Sickness will never visit him,’ he said,‘and his life will be a long one.’This pleased Thetis immensely:the words of Apollo, expert in prophecies,seemed a guarantee of security for her child.And when Achilles grew upand all Thessaly said how beautiful he was,Thetis remembered the…
Poem Submitted: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
