Athena - Teiresias Poem by dimitrios galanis
Athena - Teiresias
Absolutely naked, to the splashings of Hippospring surrendered
high up on Helikon in the very flaming summer's midday
the goddess did not noticed the accursed
approaching the distance secure for voyerism
not intimidated by the shining divine halo.
The young girls oft ascending the mountain there up
herding their flocks
whose mortal beauty had herself admired much
lined she up in her memory devout.
'The imprudent insulter', her utterance surprised
and as a blitz came out her lips the verdict:
''Henceforth let his pace be led only by the crutch.''
An amazing poem, my friend. I assume it lost a little in the translation but it still remained powerful
No words can express my obligation for your encouraging comments.
There are limits we have not to overpass unless we do not regard imprudence, insult, hybris as shameful to us.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/26/2024 8:00:58 AM # 1.0.0.1119
My knowledge of the Greek Classics is (shamefully) limited to reading Sophocles' wonderful Theban plays, and some Aristotle and Plato.. But even in that Tiresias, to me personally, is an amazing figure, who in Eliot's 'The Waste Land' says that he had 'foresuffered' it all... Neither a man, nor a woman, blind, crippled - hindered from every aspect of human existence - and yet the Prophet - the wisest of the all... Fascinating, just like your reworking of the myth as a short poem.. These myths are a wonderful document of a glorious history of rich culture.. Thank you for sharing Dimitrios.
This is an aspect of the myths conserning Teiresiaw.In other poets, tragedians it is Hera who blinds him.The greatness with the greek civilization and myths was that there were no priests to decide upon the dogma of a religion.Muyths were a matter left to poets to invent new aspects.That is why the greeks were in a sence atheists.And that is why democracy was estamblished on Greece.Gods and priests have no role in the state.It were the citizens and all of them to decide, even from mycenean times 1400-1600d.d.