Ἄλλα δ' ἀλλαχοῦ καλά

different (names) are good in different places.

Translated by Catharine Roth5 May 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

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Inasmuch as different men call the Eumenides by different names. So other names are judged good by other people, but we prefer to call them Eumenides ["Favoring Ones"] by euphemism instead of Erinnyes ["Furies"].

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Ἄλλα δ' ἀλλαχοῦ καλά· παρόσον τὰς Εὐμενίδας ἄλλοι ἄλλως καλοῦσιν. ἄλλα οὖν ὀνόματα παρ' ἄλλοις καλὰ νομίζονται, παρ' ἡμῖν δὲ ταῦτα, τὸ ὀνομάζειν αὐτὰς Εὐμενίδας κατ' εὐφημισμόν, τὰς Ἐριννύας.

Ἄλλα δ' ἀλλαχοῦ καλά · different (names) are good in different places. (α 1053) · Suda

*)/alla d' a)llaxou= kala/: paro/son ta\s *eu)meni/das a)/lloi a)/llws kalou=sin. a)/lla ou)=n o)no/mata par' a)/llois kala\ nomi/zontai, par' h(mi=n de\ tau=ta, to\ o)noma/zein au)ta\s *eu)meni/das kat' eu)fhmismo/n, ta\s *)erinnu/as.

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