τῇ δ᾿ ὑστεραίᾳ ἐπεὶ πρῶτον ἡμέρα ἐγένετο, ὁ Δικαιόπολισ πάντας ἐκέλευσε παρασκευάζεσθαι. οἱ μέν οὖν ἄλλοι εὐθὺς παρεσκευάσαντο βουλόμενοι ὡς τάχιστα πορεύεσθαι καὶ δι᾿ ὀλίγου ἕτοιμοι ἦσαν. ὁ δὲ πάππος οὐκ ἠθέλησε πορεύεσθαι· οὕτω γὰρ γεραιὸς ὥστε οὐκ ἐδύνατο μακρὰν βαδίζειν· ἡ δὲ Μέλιττα οὕτω κακρὰν τῇ προτεραίᾳ βαδίσασα ὑπέρκοπος ἦν· ἔδοξεν οὖν [...]
These chattering gourds
do shake with hollow fury
like an old man’s bones
A creeping cold slips through my door
To steal warmth from hearth and home
And I am left bereft of joy
No holiday to cheer these bones
Or comfort me on these long nights
This vigil I must keep alone
A watchman by my window pane
For your return from restless nights
of wander in these wayward streets
with lustful longings in your eyes
will [...]
I have been working on vocabulary lists and practice sheets, and have finally put them out on my Greek page. I’ve published them in both PDF and ods (OpenOffice spreadsheet) formats. I may in the future try and get the xls (Microsoft spreadsheet) format to work for me, but as of now the [...]
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀπέθανεν ὁ Πολυκράτης, οἱ Πέρσαι τούς τε ἄλλους θεράποντας τοῦ Πολυκράτους λαβόντες καὶ τὸν Δημοκήδη εἰς τὰ Σοῦσα ἐκόμισαν. δι᾿ ὀλίγου δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς κακόν τι ἔπαθεν· ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου γὰρ πεσὼν τὸν πόδα ἔβλαψεν. οἱ δὲ ἰατροὶ οὐκ ἐδύναντο αὐτὸν ὠφελεῖν. μαθὼν δὲ ὅτι ἰατρός τις Ἑλληνικὸς πάρεστιν ἐν [...]
I’ve finally decided to go ahead and start posting the photos Hyang took from her and the childrens Summer vacation in Korea. There’s over a thousand of them, though, so I’ll pick and choose. My plan is to post 24 new photos from the trip once a week, probably on the weekend. [...]
YouTube – Mello’s United States of Whatever.
I think this must be my theme song. Hyang tells me I’m always saying ‘whatever’.
An Autumn leaf drifts
Down upon the ground below
Bless this sun scorned land