Ithaca by C.P.Cavafy (with Sean Connery & Vangelis)

omg!!!!!
the 'cities' is ridic....

tolefko - the Greek verb "matheno' can be translated as " I learn" and as " I teach ".

But "na matheis" , means only to learn, not to teach.

A re ellada...pote den 8a ektimiseis auto p pragmatika eisai...

Den exei shmasia o proorismos
alla to taksidi pros ayton...

The best poem ever written!

Ti krima pou enas Vangelis ksexastike telios stous olympiakous agones tis athinas. Koimomaste orthioi os sinithos. pali kala pou milame ellinika akoma.

As for the original being better than the translation... has anyone ever encountered an exception to that rule?add to this the peculiar Greek of Cavafy and you can rightly excuse his translators for not being able to reproduce the subtleness of the mixture of demotic and purist "katharevousa" Greek he so brilliantly employs

exeis apolito dikio..
to idio estanome ke'go... kai emena me angikse pio bathia apo kathe allo:)
oses fores kai na to diavaso eine pali to idio oreo kai malista pio oreo:D
an to diavasis xoris to ithaka kai baleis "life " H "zoi " pali eine kalo kai teriazi :)

In any way i have a question. ''Learn and learn again from those who know'' is the translation of the verb 'mathenw''. But in Greek ''na matheis'' also means ''to teach''. So is it Learn and learn again? or Teach and learn from those who know?

the original is "να μάθεις και να μάθεις απ΄τους σπουδασμένους" "to learn and learn from those who know" verbatim. so i gather that it could translate as "not only to learn but learn from those who know" but this would be lacking rhythm and meter. it follows that "again" is superfluous in the english translation. my opinion always..