A Father’s Curse: A Dream In Four Visions: Vision Fourth
July 6, 2023Fragments – Lines 1337 – 1340
July 6, 2023Fragments – Lines 1353 – 1356
Bitter and sweet, alluring and tormenting:
Such, till it be fulfilled, Kyrnos, is love to the young;
For if one finds fulfillment, it proves sweet; but if, pursuing,
One fails of fulfillment, then of all things it is most painful.
Theognis
Theognis (6th century BCE) was a Greek poet known for his elegiac poetry and his reflections on social and political issues of his time.