On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
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> It occurs to me that translating "polemos pater panton" as "war is
> father of all things" is kind of problematic...
I agree. Lidell&Scott give the readings "battle, fight, war." In the Herakleitos fragment I prefer the reading of "polemos" as "strife." Blake's "I shall not cease from mental fight, nor shall my sword sleep in my hand," if translated into Attic Greek, would certainly read "fight" as "polemos."
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
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> Herakleitos of Ephesos