Ἀπήντα
[he/she/it] kept meeting
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Dec 2000Vetting: high13 revisions
Translation
And a)ph/nthka ["I have met"] [meaning] I have overtaken.1
Also [sc. attested is]a)ph/nthsen , [meaning] it ended, it turned out.
"Everything turned out for him according to the prophecies".2 Meaning happened.
But the Theologian, when he says "But if I have approached such a challenge rather late and after such encomiasts",3 [says this] to mean I have come to praise.
And Aelian on the defeat of the Romans at Cannae [writes]: "such a misfortune met them."4
And elsewhere: "this was the greatest disaster which met Lacedaemon."5
And elsewhere: "what met him was not indeed according to his hopes."6
Also [sc. attested is]
"Everything turned out for him according to the prophecies".2 Meaning happened.
But the Theologian, when he says "But if I have approached such a challenge rather late and after such encomiasts",3 [says this] to mean I have come to praise.
And Aelian on the defeat of the Romans at Cannae [writes]: "such a misfortune met them."4
And elsewhere: "this was the greatest disaster which met Lacedaemon."5
And elsewhere: "what met him was not indeed according to his hopes."6