[184] Cicero thus translates the passage, de Fin.5. 18
‘O decus Argolicum, quin puppim flectis, Ulixe, Auribus ut nostros possis adgnoscere cantus? Nam nemo haec unquam est transvectus caerula cursu, Quin prius adstiterit vocum dulcedine captus; Post variis avido satiatus pectore musis Doctior ad patrias lapsus pervenerit oras. Nos grave certamen belli clademque tenemus, Graecia quam Troiae divino numine vexit; Omniaque e latis rerum vestigia terris.’ He himself remarks that the passage illustrates men's love of knowledge: ‘Mihi quidem Homerus huiusmodi quiddam vidisse videtur in iis quae de Sirenum cantibus finxerit. Neque enim vocum suavitate videntur aut novitate quadam et varietate cantandi revocare eos solitae, qui praetervehebantur, sed quia multa se scire profitebantur; ut homines ad earum saxa discendi cupiditate adhaerescerent.’Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:
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