Ἀεί
always
Translated by Carl Widstrand2 Feb 2000Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
Of this [there are] 11 meanings.1
"The wise man must always be the same, in sharp pains, in the loss of a child, or in serious illnesses". Such was Apollonius of Tyana.2
And [there is] a proverb: "for the dice of Zeus always fall well."3
Fittingly equivalent to: the dice of Zeus always [fall] to the six.4
In reference to those who are fortunate deservedly and in everything. But some [say] in reference to those being deservedly punished.
"The wise man must always be the same, in sharp pains, in the loss of a child, or in serious illnesses". Such was Apollonius of Tyana.2
And [there is] a proverb: "for the dice of Zeus always fall well."3
Fittingly equivalent to: the dice of Zeus always [fall] to the six.4
In reference to those who are fortunate deservedly and in everything. But some [say] in reference to those being deservedly punished.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀεί· τούτου ιαʹ φωναί. ἀεὶ δὲ χρὴ τὸν σοφὸν εἶναι ὅμοιον, ἐν ἀλγηδόσιν ὀξείαις, ἐν ἀποβολῇ τέκνου, ἐν μακραῖς νόσοις. οἷος ἦν Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς. καὶ παροιμία· ἀεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κύβοι. ὁμοία ἀξίως τῇ Ἀεὶ ἓξ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κύβοι. ἐπὶ τῶν ἀξίως καὶ εἰς πάντα εὐδαιμονούντων. οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀξίως τιμωρουμένων.
Betacode
*)aei/: tou/tou ia# fwnai/. a)ei\ de\ xrh\ to\n sofo\n ei)=nai o(/moion, e)n a)lghdo/sin o)cei/ais, e)n a)pobolh=| te/knou, e)n makrai=s no/sois. oi(=os h)=n *)apollw/nios o( *tuaneu/s. kai\ paroimi/a: a)ei\ ga\r eu)= pi/ptousin oi( *dio\s ku/boi. o(moi/a a)ci/ws th=| *)aei\ e(\c pi/ptousin oi( *dio\s ku/boi. e)pi\ tw=n a)ci/ws kai\ ei)s pa/nta eu)daimonou/ntwn. oi( de\ e)pi\ tw=n a)ci/ws timwroume/nwn.
Notes (4)
- See also alpha 606.↩
- 1Etym. Magn. 31.24 says 12. ↩
- 2Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.8.1 -- but referring to his teacher Apollonius of Chalcedon, not to the one from Tyana (alpha 3420). ↩
- 3Sophocles fr. 809; cf. Zenobius 2.44, Diogenianus 1.58; Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.116. ↩
- 4So the transmitted text, but it should probably read 'triple six'; cf. omicroniota 106, tau 1005.
Linked from4 entries
- α605Ἄειblows[sc. Meaning he/she/it] breathes. But [sc. differently accented] a)ei/ ["always"] means until and means as far as.
- α606ἈείalwaysThey were in the habit of applying the [word] "always" even to a short time, as also/even Homer: "always having an unceasing anger." Also Sophocles: "know well that he has quit his always life." That is his…
- α609Ἀειγλήνῃσιν(with) constant-dirtinesses[no gloss]
- δ748ΔιασείστουςshakenShaken [diaseistoi, sc. dice] seem to have got their name from first being moved and shaken and then thrown, so that they would be uncorrupted rather [than corrupted].
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Revision history11 revisions · last 22 Jun 2024
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- added n.4, at the prompting of Prof J C McKeown — David Whitehead
- corrected cross-reference in n.2 — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.3 — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another x-ref and more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- modified and supplemented translation and notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- corrected cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- modified translation — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Carl Widstrand