Ἀγωνάρχαι
contest-judges
Translated by Jennifer Benedict18 Mar 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Sophocles [writes]: "and lest any contest-judges or he who is my destroyer should give my arms to the Achaeans."1
Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: "a contest does not accept excuses."2 It is applied to those who have not profited at all if they made excuses.
Also [sc. attested is] "a contest does not wait for a pretext."3 The proverb [is used] in reference to those who are by nature lazy and neglectful; alternatively to those who do not believe the words of those making pretexts.
Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: "a contest does not accept excuses."2 It is applied to those who have not profited at all if they made excuses.
Also [sc. attested is] "a contest does not wait for a pretext."3 The proverb [is used] in reference to those who are by nature lazy and neglectful; alternatively to those who do not believe the words of those making pretexts.