Standing fast forsake not those whose feet
No longer keep their swiftness. Guard the old.
For shame it is to see an elder fall,
Down in the forefront, smitten in the strife,
Before the youths, with grey beard, hair grown white,
To breathe out in the dust his valiant life,
No longer keep their swiftness. Guard the old.
For shame it is to see an elder fall,
Down in the forefront, smitten in the strife,
Before the youths, with grey beard, hair grown white,
To breathe out in the dust his valiant life,
Lycurgus quoting Tyrtaeus. Against Leocrates. Section 107.
Image: Aeneas, supporting his old father Anchises, escapes from burning Troy by Pierre Lepautre, 1697. Anchises carries the palladium, image of Pallas, which will become the sacred emblem of the Romans. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Jebulon.
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