Ἄναλκις
powerless, impotent
Translated by Jennifer Benedict13 May 2001Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] incapable, weak.1
For2 not only [it is true that] "great danger does not take a powerless mortal," as Pindar says;3 but also the great man offers no small contest. But whenever other exiles run away because of lack of manliness, then one who takes risks comes forth.
And elsewhere tragedy says about Aegisthus: "this total impotent, the complete blight, he who fights his battles with women."4 For he killed Agamemnon with Clytemnestra assisting him.
For2 not only [it is true that] "great danger does not take a powerless mortal," as Pindar says;3 but also the great man offers no small contest. But whenever other exiles run away because of lack of manliness, then one who takes risks comes forth.
And elsewhere tragedy says about Aegisthus: "this total impotent, the complete blight, he who fights his battles with women."4 For he killed Agamemnon with Clytemnestra assisting him.