Ἀνάβαινε
step up
Translated by Jennifer Benedict15 Oct 2000Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
It should be known that the ancients used to say a)nabai/nein for entering into a speaking-platform, but katabai/nein [meant] departing thence, from the ancient custom. Aristophanes [writes]: "sausage-seller, come here, come here, o dearest friend, step up, o manifest saviour of the city and us."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνάβαινε· ἰστέον, ὅτι ἔλεγον οἱ παλαιοὶ τὸ ἐπὶ λογεῖον εἰσιέναι ἀναβαίνειν, καταβαίνειν δὲ τὸ ἀπαλλάττεσθαι ἐντεῦθεν, ἀπὸ τοῦ παλαιοῦ ἤθους. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀλλαντοπώλα, δεῦρο, δεῦρ', ὦ φίλτατε, ἀνάβαινε σωτὴρ τῇ πόλει καὶ νῶιν φανείς.