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Be humble and meek! was what Sophocles tried to teach, otherwise you will have to marry your mothers and kill your fathers! Others, again, pass their lives in counting the number of verses written by Greek and Roman poets, and are delighted with the proportions 7:13 = 14:26. Finally, one of them brings forward his solution of a question, such as the Homeric poems considered from the standpoint of prepositions, and thinks he has drawn the truth from the bottom of the well with ἀνά and κατά. BE HUMBLE AND MEEK WAS WHAT SOPHOCLES TRIED TO TEACH OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE TO MARRY YOUR MOTHER AND KILL YOUR FATHERS OTHERS AGAIN PASS THEIR LIVES IN COUNTING THE NUMBERS OF VERSES WRITTEN BY GREEK AND ROMAN POETS AND ARE DELIGHTED WITH THE PROPORTIONS SEVEN TO THIRTEEN EQUALS FOURTEEN TO TWENTY SIX FINALLY ONE OF THEM BRINGS FORWARD HIS SOLUTION OF A QUESTION SUCH AS THE HOMERIC POEMS CONSIDER FROM THE STANDPOINT OF PREPOSITIONS AND THINKS HE HAS DRAWN THE TRUTH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL WITH AVA AND KATA
in, rags that he himself was the first to filch from the poet's kingly robe. A third feels ill at ease when examining all the mysterious and orgiastic sides of antiquity: he makes up his mind once and for all to let the enlightened Apollo alone pass without dispute, and to see in the Athenian a gay and intelligent but nevertheless somewhat immoral Apollonian. What a deep breath he draws when he succeeds in raising yet another dark corner of antiquity to the level of his own intelligence!--when, for example, he discovers in Pythagoras a colleague who is as enthusiastic as himself in arguing about politics. Another racks his brains as to why Œdipus was condemned by fate to perform such abominable deeds--killing his father, marrying his mother. Where lies the blame! Where the poetic justice! Suddenly it occurs to him: Œdipus was a passionate fellow, lacking all Christian gentleness--he even fell into an unbecoming rage when Tiresias called him a monster and the curse of the whole country. HEM TOGETHER AGAIN RAGS THAT HE HIMSELF WAS THE FIRST TO FILCH FROM THE POET'S KINGLY ROBE A THIRD FEELS ILL AT EASE WHEN EXAMINING ALL THE MYSTERIOUS AND ORGIASTIC SIDES OF ANTIQUITY HE MAKES UP HIS MIND ONCE AND FOR ALL TO LET THE ENLIGHTENED APOLLO ALONE PASS WITHOUT DISPUTE AND TO SEE IN THE ATHENIAN A GAY AND INTELLIGENT BUT NEVERTHELESS SOMEWHAT IMMORAL EPILONIAN WHAT A DEEP BREATH HE DRAWS WHEN HE SUCCEEDS IN RAISING YET ANOTHER DARK CORNER OF ANTIQUITY TO THE LEVEL OF HIS OWN INTELLIGENCE WHEN FOR EXAMPLE HE DISCOVERS IN PYTHAGORAS A COLLEAGUE WHO IS AS ENTHUSIASTIC AS HIMSELF IN ARGUING ABOUT POLITICS ANOTHER RACKS HIS BRAINS AS TO WHY OEDIPUS WAS CONDEMNED BY FATE TO PERFORM SUCH ABOMINABLE DEEDS KILLING HIS FATHER MARRYING HIS MOTHER WHERE LIES THE BLAME WHERE THE POETIC JUSTICE SUDDENLY IT OCCURS TO HIM OEDIPUS WAS A PASSIONATE FELLOW LACKING ALL CHRISTIAN GENTLENESS HE EVEN FELL INTO AN UNBECOMING RAGE WHEN TERRESTIUS CALLED HIM A MONSTER AND THE CURSE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY
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