The Fox and the Hedgehog

Poll' oid' alôpêx, all' ekhinos hen mega

Archilochus (600 BC)

Poll' oid' alôpêx, all' ekhinos hen mega
πόλλ' οἶδ' 🦊ἀλώπηξ🦊, ἀλλ' 🦔ἐχῖνος🦔 ἓν μέγα Poll' oid' alôpêx, all' ekhinos hen mega.
The Fox and the Hedgehog
🦊The cunning Fox knows Things galore, 🦔the Hedgehog, One Big Thing, no more. 🦊Le renard, lui, sait tout un tas de choses ; 🦔le hérisson juste une grandiose. Tu sabes mucho,🦊zorro: tu algo grande, 🦔erizo. scit multa 🦊vulpis, unum 🦔echinus maximum. 🦊Der Fuchs weiss gar vieles, 🦔Der Igel weiss bloss Nur eines, ganz gross.

Translation: Copyright © Timothy Adès

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