On Fri, 2001-10-05 at 10:32, Carl W. Conrad wrote: > At 10:10 AM -0400 10/5/01, Mike Sangrey wrote: > > "The first one last wins." > > I just noticed your snippet beneath the signature and wondered whether it > was intentionally drawn from Aeschylus, Agamemnon 314, where Clytemnestra > finishes here description of the beacon fires that have brought immediate > news back to her at Argos of the capture of Troy: > > NIKAi D' hO PRWTOS KAI TELEUTAIOS DRAMWN > > more literally, "and the first and final runner wins" > > or is it your own version of the proverbial Jesus saying (Mt 19;30, etc.), > > POLLOI DE ESONTAI PRWTOI ESCATOI KAI ESCATOI PRWTOI ? > It's meant to convey Jesus' proverb. Or, maybe better, Jesus himself. He was the first one to serve everyone else. And thanks for noticing and asking. -- Mike Sangrey msangrey@BlueFeltHat.org Landisburg, Pa. "The first one last wins." "A net of highly cohesive details reveals the truth." --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu