Ἀνελεῖν

to overturn; to take up

Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Jun 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

4 notes · 136 words

[Meaning] to overthrow. "They insisted, through ambassadors, first that the anti-Megarian decree be overturned and the Greeks be left independent".¹
*)anelei=n is also the term for taking up exposed babies and raising them;² and in short, whatever someone might take up.
"For, having overturned the law, it elected her"; Demosthenes says this in the [speech] Against Androtion;³ but the quotation is transmitted in two forms, the one as written above, the other with au)th/n in the accusative instead of [dative] au(th|=.⁴ And the one proffering the accusative has the following sort of rationale: having overturned this law, or indeed broken it, [the council] passed a vote about itself, [to the effect] that it should be crowned. But the [version] with dative [sc. must be understood differently]: having overturned this law, [the council] elected him for itself.⁵

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀνελεῖν· ἀνατρέψαι. πρεσβεύονται, πρῶτον τὸ κατὰ Μεγαρέων ψήφισμα ἀνελεῖν κελεύοντες καὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας αὐτονόμους ἀφιέναι. λέγεται δὲ ἀνελεῖν καὶ τὸ ἀναλαβεῖν τὰ ἔκθετα βρέφη καὶ τρέφειν, καὶ ἁπλῶς, ὅπερ ἄν τις ἀναλαμβάνοιτο. Ἀνελοῦσα γὰρ τὸν νόμον ἐξειροτόνησεν αὐτήν· τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον Δημοσθένης μὲν ἐν τῷ κατ' Ἀνδροτίωνος εἶπε· διττὴ δὲ φέρεται ἡ γραφή, ἡ μὲν ὡς προγέγραπται, ἡ δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ αὑτῇ αὐτὴν λέγει κατ' αἰτιατικήν. καὶ ἡ μὲν κατ' αἰτιατικὴν προαγομένη τοιοῦτον ἔχει τὸν νοῦν· ἀνελοῦσα τοῦτον τὸν νόμον ἤτοι παραβᾶσα διαχειροτονίαν περὶ ἑαυτῆς ἔδωκεν, ὅτι χρὴ στεφανοῦν αὐτήν· ἡ δὲ κατὰ δοτικήν· ἀνελοῦσα τοῦτον τὸν νόμον ἐχειροτόνησεν ἐκεῖνον ἑαυτῇ.

Betacode

*)anelei=n: a)natre/yai. presbeu/ontai, prw=ton to\ kata\ *megare/wn yh/fisma a)nelei=n keleu/ontes kai\ tou\s *(/ellhnas au)tono/mous a)fie/nai. le/getai de\ a)nelei=n kai\ to\ a)nalabei=n ta\ e)/kqeta bre/fh kai\ tre/fein, kai\ a(plw=s, o(/per a)/n tis a)nalamba/noito. *)anelou=sa ga\r to\n no/mon e)ceiroto/nhsen au)th/n: tou=to to\ xwri/on *dhmosqe/nhs me\n e)n tw=| kat' *)androti/wnos ei)=pe: ditth\ de\ fe/retai h( grafh/, h( me\n w(s proge/graptai, h( de\ a)nti\ tou= au(th=| au)th\n le/gei kat' ai)tiatikh/n. kai\ h( me\n kat' ai)tiatikh\n proagome/nh toiou=ton e)/xei to\n nou=n: a)nelou=sa  tou=ton to\n no/mon h)/toi paraba=sa diaxeirotoni/an peri\ e(auth=s e)/dwken, o(/ti xrh\ stefanou=n au)th/n: h( de\ kata\ dotikh/n: a)nelou=sa tou=ton to\n no/mon e)xeiroto/nhsen e)kei=non e(auth=|.

Notes (4)

[1] Diodorus Siculus 12.39.4 (paraphrased rather than quoted) on one of the grievances that led to the Peloponnesian War (431-404); cf. Thucydides 1.139.
2cf. alpha 2202 and alpha 2371. ↩
3Demosthenes 22.20 (web address 1).. To understand the textual issue which now arises (cf. again alpha 4476), note that the feminine entity involved is the Athenian council (boule). See further in the notes below. ↩
4Vice versa, in fact. ↩
5The textual discrepancy here is at least as old as Harpokration s.v. Modern editors have favoured a third option, that of emending to the nominative (and placing a comma between tou=ton and to\n no/mon: "having overturned the law, [the Council] elected this man itself".

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α2246Ἀνελεήμωνmerciless α2247Ἀνελεύθεροςmiserly, servile α2248Ἀνελεῖνto overturn; to take up α2249Ἀνέλῃwould ordain α2250Ἀνελλιπήςnot lacking

Revision history9 revisions · last 15 Jul 2015

15 Jul 2015more betacode — Catharine Roth
13 Jul 2015 — David Whitehead
13 Aug 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
27 Jun 2011tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 Nov 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
5 Aug 2002added keywords; restorative cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Jan 2001modified translation and notes; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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22 Jun 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Greek original · Adler’s text

Betacode

*)anelei=n: a)natre/yai. presbeu/ontai, prw=ton to\ kata\ *megare/wn yh/fisma a)nelei=n keleu/ontes kai\ tou\s *(/ellhnas au)tono/mous a)fie/nai. le/getai de\ a)nelei=n kai\ to\ a)nalabei=n ta\ e)/kqeta bre/fh kai\ tre/fein, kai\ a(plw=s, o(/per a)/n tis a)nalamba/noito. *)anelou=sa ga\r to\n no/mon e)ceiroto/nhsen au)th/n: tou=to to\ xwri/on *dhmosqe/nhs me\n e)n tw=| kat' *)androti/wnos ei)=pe: ditth\ de\ fe/retai h( grafh/, h( me\n w(s proge/graptai, h( de\ a)nti\ tou= au(th=| au)th\n le/gei kat' ai)tiatikh/n. kai\ h( me\n kat' ai)tiatikh\n proagome/nh toiou=ton e)/xei to\n nou=n: a)nelou=sa  tou=ton to\n no/mon h)/toi paraba=sa diaxeirotoni/an peri\ e(auth=s e)/dwken, o(/ti xrh\ stefanou=n au)th/n: h( de\ kata\ dotikh/n: a)nelou=sa tou=ton to\n no/mon e)xeiroto/nhsen e)kei=non e(auth=|.

Notes (4)

[1] Diodorus Siculus 12.39.4 (paraphrased rather than quoted) on one of the grievances that led to the Peloponnesian War (431-404); cf. Thucydides 1.139.

2cf. alpha 2202 and alpha 2371. ↩

3Demosthenes 22.20 (web address 1).. To understand the textual issue which now arises (cf. again alpha 4476), note that the feminine entity involved is the Athenian council (boule). See further in the notes below. ↩

4Vice versa, in fact. ↩

5The textual discrepancy here is at least as old as Harpokration s.v. Modern editors have favoured a third option, that of emending to the nominative (and placing a comma between tou=ton and to\n no/mon: "having overturned the law, [the Council] elected this man itself".

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (4)

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Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (4)

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