Ἀνεμεστώθη
was filled up full
Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Jun 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Meaning was made full of the desire to be a secretary and [so] not to serve in the army, or [sc. this is said] as a slander on the secretaries for evil-doing. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "out of these things our city was filled up full by secretaries".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνεμεστώθη· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀνεπληρώθη τὸ γραμματεύειν βουλόμενον καὶ μὴ στρατεύεσθαι, ἢ ἐπὶ κακοπραγμοσύνῃ τοὺς γραμματεῖς διαβάλλει. Ἀριστοφάνης Βατράχοις· ἐκ τούτων ἡ πόλις ἡμῶν ὑπὸ γραμματέων ἀνεμεστώθη.