Ἀκρισία
lack of judgment
Translated by Oliver Phillips â8 Jul 2000Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] misjudgment; bad judgment.1
And Libanius [says]: "accordingly, there is bad judgment in both our approaches, but mine has a certain benevolence."2
And another by way of humor.3 "When a certain woman named Danae was responding reluctantly to a lawsuit, a wiseacre said to her, 'You, too, undergo judgment; for you are not Danae the daughter of Acrisius.'"4
And Libanius [says]: "accordingly, there is bad judgment in both our approaches, but mine has a certain benevolence."2
And another by way of humor.3 "When a certain woman named Danae was responding reluctantly to a lawsuit, a wiseacre said to her, 'You, too, undergo judgment; for you are not Danae the daughter of Acrisius.'"4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀκρισία· ἡ ἀδιακρισία· ἡ κακὴ κρίσις. καὶ Λιβάνιος· οὐκοῦν ἀκρισία μὲν ἐν ἀμφοῖν· ἔχει δέ τινα τοὐμὸν φιλανθρωπίαν. καὶ ἄλλο κατὰ μετριασμόν. γυναικός τινος, Δανάης ὄνομα, δυσπειθῶς πρός τινα δίκην ἀπαντώσης, σοφός τις πρὸς αὐτὴν ἀπεφθέγξατο· κρίθητι καὶ σύ· οὐκ εἶ Δανάη ἡ Ἀκρισίου θυγάτηρ.
Betacode
*)akrisi/a: h( a)diakrisi/a: h( kakh\ kri/sis. kai\ *liba/nios: ou)kou=n a)krisi/a me\n e)n a)mfoi=n: e)/xei de/ tina tou)mo\n filanqrwpi/an. kai\ a)/llo kata\ metriasmo/n. gunaiko/s tinos, *dana/hs o)/noma, duspeiqw=s pro/s tina di/khn a)pantw/shs, sofo/s tis pro\s au)th\n a)pefqe/gcato: kri/qhti kai\ su/: ou)k ei)= *dana/h h( *)akrisi/ou quga/thr.
Notes (3)
- [1] Compare generally alpha 472↩
a)dia/kritos . LSJ entry at web address 1.- 2Libanius, Epistle 19.7. ↩
- 3The noun
metriasmo/s is attested only here, but its meaning cannot be in doubt; cf. LSJ s.v. ↩- 4From Lucian, Demonax 47. The humor lies in the possibility of interpreting "Acrisius" as "the man of bad judgment" or "the man who is not judged." Danae was the daughter of the Acrisius of alpha 986 below; cf. delta 57, where this anecdote reappears.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α472Ἀδιάκριτοςundistinguishable, undiscriminating[Meaning] unseparated. It is also used in application to those failing to recognize what is necessary or senselessly playing the fool.
- α986ἈκρίσιοςAkrisios, AcrisiusA proper name. The man [who was a] demigod.
- α987ἈκρισιώνηAkrisione, AcrisioneA proper name.
- δ57ΔανάηDanaëA proper name. The [daughter] of Acrisius. "Go be judged: you are not Danaë the [daughter] of Acrisius." For when she was responding stubbornly to a lawsuit, a certain wiseguy said to her: "Go be judged: you are not…
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