On the ev'ning breeze the linden branch whispers to the summer night

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 [...]

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§3929 · November 20, 2009 · Greek · (No comments) ·


These chattering gourds
do shake with hollow fury
like an old man’s bones

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§3927 · November 18, 2009 · Poetry · (No comments) · Tags:


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 [...]

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§3918 · November 16, 2009 · Poetry · (No comments) · Tags: , , ,


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 [...]

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§3913 · November 16, 2009 · Greek · (No comments) · Tags: , , ,


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 [...]

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§3904 · November 15, 2009 · Greek · (No comments) ·


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. [...]

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§3898 · November 14, 2009 · Computer stuff, Family · (No comments) · Tags: , , , ,


YouTube – Mello’s United States of Whatever.

I think this must be my theme song.  Hyang tells me I’m always saying ‘whatever’.

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§3895 · November 14, 2009 · Everything Else · (No comments) · Tags: , ,


An Autumn leaf drifts
Down upon the ground below
Bless this sun scorned land

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§3892 · November 13, 2009 · Poetry · (No comments) · Tags: