Prayer. Marcus Aurelius 5.7
Marcus
likes simple prayers that express our desire freely.
Εὐχὴ
Ἀθηναίων·
ὗσον,
ὗσον, ὦ φίλε
Ζεῦ,
κατὰ τῆς ἀρούρας
τῆς
Ἀθηναίων
καὶ
τῶν πεδίων.
ἤτοι
οὐ δεῖ εὔχεσθαι ἢ οὕτως ἁπλῶς καὶ
ἐλευθέρως.
A
prayer offered by the Athenians:
Rain,
dear Zeus
Upon
our plains!
Upon
the field
That
bears our name!
We
should either refrain from prayer, or make it simple and free, like
this one.