Ἀπότιμος
dishonoured
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Jun 2001Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Thus Sophocles [writes of] the plague as a "dishonoured god", that is, one not sharing in the honour of the [other] gods. For [it is a characteristic] of gods to do good things for mankind; but this one ruins and destroys.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀπότιμος· οὕτως Σοφοκλῆς ἀπότιμον θεὸν τὸν λοιμόν, τουτέστι τὸν μὴ μετέχοντα τῆς τιμῆς τῶν θεῶν. θεῶν γάρ ἐστι τὸ εὐεργετεῖν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους· ὁ δὲ φθείρει καὶ ἀπόλλυσιν.
Betacode
*)apo/timos: ou(/tws *sofoklh=s a)po/timon qeo\n to\n loimo/n, toute/sti to\n mh\ mete/xonta th=s timh=s tw=n qew=n. qew=n ga/r e)sti to\ eu)ergetei=n tou\s a)nqrw/pous: o( de\ fqei/rei kai\ a)po/llusin.