why this is hell, nor am i out of it

 

baby: m... mm...
mother: mama?
baby: μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε,
πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν
ἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν
οἰωνοῖσί τε πᾶσι, Διὸς δ᾽ ἐτελείετο βουλή,
ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε
Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς.

tagged as: tagamemnon;  seeing as i'm currently in an iliad translation course it seemed like an appropriate time to reprise this theme;  an improved version of a post i made in the year of our lord two thousand fourteen;  iliad;  homer;  ancient greek;  it's me ya boy; here to fill the tags with flaming garbage meme content;  fervent apologies to those of you looking for actual intelligent commentary but that's not what we do here at organt dot tumblr dot com;  classics;