Ἄρχε σὺ γὰρ γενεῆφι νεώτερος
begin: for you are (my) junior in birth
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Apr 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
For it is right for the young man to initiate war, but the old man [to initiate] kindness.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄρχε· σὺ γὰρ γενεῆφι νεώτερος· πολέμου γὰρ ἄρχεσθαι δικαιοῖ τὸν νέον, φιλοφροσύνης δὲ τὸν πρεσβύτην.
Betacode
*)/arxe: su\ ga\r geneh=fi new/teros: pole/mou ga\r a)/rxesqai dikaioi= to\n ne/on, filofrosu/nhs de\ to\n presbu/thn.