Πολλοί σε μισήσουσιν ἐὰν σαυτὸν φιλῇς
many will hate you if you love yourself
Translated by David Whitehead18 Apr 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
This, they say, is what the Nymphs said to Narcissus, when his own shape made him look away into the springs.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πολλοί σε μισήσουσιν, ἐὰν σαυτὸν φιλῇς· τοῦτό φασι τὰς Νύμφας πρὸς τὸν Νάρκισσον εἰπεῖν, ἀποβλέποντα εἰς τὰς πηγὰς διὰ τὴν οἰκείαν μορφήν.
Betacode
*polloi/ se mish/sousin, e)a\n sauto\n filh=|s: tou=to/ fasi ta\s *nu/mfas pro\s to\n *na/rkisson ei)pei=n, a)poble/ponta ei)s ta\s phga\s dia\ th\n oi)kei/an morfh/n.
Notes
- Tragica adespota fr.180; Gregorius 2.96.
On Narcissus see generally OCD4 s.v. Narcissus(1). (For real-life individuals of this name see the OCD's Narcissus(2), and alpha 1507.)
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