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Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §11.31.1

The Inner Heart Laughing with Joy

Passage 443 of 486 · Greek

Summary

Describes the speaker's inner heart laughing with joy.

§11.31.1Ἐμὸν δ’ ἐγέλασσε φίλον κῆρ.
But my own dear heart laughed.

Notes

  1. 11.31.1Ἐμὸν ... φίλον κῆρ — A hyperbaton occurs with the separation of "Ἐμὸν" and "φίλον κῆρ" by the verb "ἐγέλασσε". In epic poetry, "φίλος" often carries a possessive force ("one's own"), which, together with the possessive adjective "ἐμὸν", emphasizes "my own heart".

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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §11.31.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:11.31.1

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