Olynthos, 2007
Source: Dionysis Savvopoulous, "The word of Demosthenis".
Free translation by Nikos Samartzidis
«Δημοσθένους λέξις», Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος
Linear B:
e, de-mo-se-te-no-u, re-ke-si,
ka-i, o, e-ri-o,
ta, a-po-ko-i-me-te,
me-sa, ta, e-re-pi-a, te, o-ru-to-u,
ta, mo-ja-zo-u, pa-ra-ma-ta, to-u, au-to-u,
ka-i, o-i, pi-ro(2), mo-u, ka-i, o-i, e-ke-te-ro(2),
ma-ra-ma-ro-me-no, ta, ta-to-u,
o-i, re-to-re, ka-i, o-i, ro-po-du-te
ze-ti-a-no, e-ta(2)-re, ka-i, po-ro-pe-te,
ma-ra-ma-ro-me-no, ta, ta-to-u
di-o-nu-se, sa-qo-po-u-ro
Greek:
Δημοσθένους λέξις
«...Κι ο ήλιος θ’ αποκοιμηθεί μες στα ερείπια της Ολύνθου,
θα μοιάζουν πράγματα του μύθου κι οι φίλοι μου και οι εχθροί.
Μαρμαρωμένοι θα σταθούν οι ρήτορες κι οι λωποδύτες,
ζητιάνοι εταίρες και προφήτες μαρμαρωμένοι θα σταθούν...»
Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος
English:
The word of Demosthenis
And the sun will fall asleep, into the ruins of Olynthos,
my friends and enemies will look as if they came out from a myth.
Orators and thiefs will stand in front of me, as if petrified,
beggars, prostitutes and prophets, will stand stone-dead in front of me...”
Dionysis Savvopoulous
