Гесиод цитаты
Гесиод
Гесио́д — первый исторически достоверный древнегреческий поэт, рапсод, представитель направления дидактического и генеалогического эпоса.
Цитаты Гесиод
„It will not always be summer, build barns.“
— Hesiod, книга Works and Days
Добавить примечание: (el) Οὐκ αἰεὶ θέρος ἐσσεῖται· ποιεῖσθε καλιάς.
Источник: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 503.
„But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.“
— Hesiod
Источник: Works and Days and Theogony
„A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it“
— Hesiod, книга Works and Days
Источник: Works and Days
„Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of all gods and all men.“
— Hesiod
Добавить примечание: (el) Ἠδ᾽ Ἔρος, ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι,
λυσιμελής, πάντων δὲ θεῶν πάντων τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων
δάμναται ἐν στήθεσσι νόον καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν.
Источник: The Theogony (c. 700 BC), line 120.
„Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.“
— Hesiod, книга Works and Days
Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.
Добавить примечание: (el) μὴ κακὰ κερδαίνειν: κακὰ κέρδεα ἶσ᾽ ἀάτῃσιν
Источник: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 352; compare: "the gains of the wicked bring trouble", Book of Proverbs 15:6.
„Wealth should not be seized: god-given wealth is much better.“
— Hesiod, книга Works and Days
Добавить примечание: (el) Χρήματα δ᾽ οὐχ ἁρπακτά· θεόσδοτα πολλὸν ἀμείνω.
Источник: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 320.
„Take your fill when the cask is first opened and when it is nearly spent, but midways be sparing: it is poor saving when you come to the lees.“
— Hesiod, книга Works and Days
Variant translation: At the beginning of the cask and at the end take thy fill, but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom saving comes too late.
Источник: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 368 (translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White).
„Work the work which the gods ordained for men, lest in bitter anguish of spirit you with your wife and children seek your livelihood amongst your neighbours, and they do not heed you.“
— Hesiod, книга Works and Days
Добавить примечание: (el) Ἐργάζευ, νήπιε Πέρση,
ἔργα, τά τ᾽ ἀνθρώποισι θεοὶ διετεκμήραντο,
μή ποτε σὺν παίδεσσι γυναικί τε θυμὸν ἀχεύων
ζητεύῃς βίοτον κατὰ γείτονας, οἳ δ᾽ ἀμελῶσιν.
Источник: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 397.
