Ἥλιξ ἥλικα τέρπει
age-mate delights age-mate
Translated by Catharine Roth21 Feb 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"He alone of men whom we know by hearsay refuted the old proverb in deed; for his age-mates' company did not give give him pleasure, young men did not please him though he was young, but nature following some other rule attached him to those who were like him, according to the similarity not of bodily years but of the soul's character."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἥλιξ ἥλικα τέρπει· μόνος ἀνθρώπων ὧν ἀκοῇ ἴσμεν τὴν παλαιὰν παροιμίαν ἔργῳ διήλεγξεν· οὐ γὰρ ἐκεῖνόν γε ἥλιξ ἔτερπεν ἥλικα ὄντα, ὁ νέος τὸν νέον, ἀλλά τινι λόγῳ ἑτέρῳ κατακολουθοῦσα ἡ φύσις τοῖς ὁμοίοις αὐτὸν συνῆπτε κατὰ τὸ ὅμοιον οὐ τῶν ἐτῶν τοῦ σώματος, ἀλλὰ τῶν τρόπων τῆς ψυχῆς.