Ἀρέσκεια
obsequiousness, being pleasing
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Jul 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)re/skw ["I please"]; both Sophocles1 and Aristophanes [use this word] with an accusative syntax: "do these things please you?"2
"And [this] shall be more pleasing to god than a young calf."3 With a dative.
"And [this] shall be more pleasing to god than a young calf."3 With a dative.