Stanley Lombardo: Man

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“And for yourself, may the gods grant you
Your heart's desire, a husband and a home,
And the blessing of a harmonious life.
For nothing is greater or finer than this,
When a man and woman live together
With one heart and mind, bringing joy
To their friends and grief to their foes.”

Stanley Lombardo

Book VI, lines 183–189; Odysseus to Nausicaa.
Translations, Odyssey (2000)

Life , God , Home , Heart

“Ah, my friend, if you and I could only
Get out of the war alive and then
immortal and ageless all of our days,
I would never again fight among the foremost
Or send you into battle where men win glory.
But as it is, death is everywhere
In more shapes that we can count,
And since no mortal is immune or can escape,
Let's go forward, either to give glory
To another man, or get glory from him.”

Stanley Lombardo

Book XX, lines 333–342; Sarpedon to Glaucus.
Translations, Iliad (1997)

Death , Men , War , Fight

“I have borne what no man
Who has walked this earth has ever yet borne.
I have kissed the hand of the man who killed my son.”

Stanley Lombardo

Book XXIV, lines 541–543; Priam to Achilles.
Translations, Iliad (1997)

Kiss