Ἄποπτος
out of sight
Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Jun 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
"He intreated me, touching my hand, to send him into the fields and the pastures of the flocks, that he might be as far out of sight as possible from town."1 For apoptos ["out of sight"] [means] not being seen.2 Sophocles [writes]: "so clearly, though you are out of sight, all the same do I hear your voice."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄποπτος· ἐξικέτευσε, τῆς ἐμῆς χειρὸς θιγὼν, ἀγρούς σφε πέμψαι κἀπὶ ποιμνίων νομάς, ὡς πλεῖστον εἴη τοῦτ' ἄποπτος ἄστεος. ἄποπτος γὰρ ὁ ἀθεώρητος. Σοφοκλῆς· ὡς εὐμαθές σου, κἂν ἄποπτος ᾖς, ὅμως φώνημ' ἀκούω.