Χρῆμα οἰκτροί
pitiable business, pitiable matter
Translated by Ioannis Doukas24 Aug 2007Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning they who are] abased, worthy of sympathy. "The elders of the Libyans -- a pitiable business -- came in accordance with the virgin’s fame and begged to receive some release from the plague".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χρῆμα οἰκτροί· ταπεινοί, ἐλέους ἄξιοι. Λιβύων δὲ πρέσβεις, χρῆμα οἰκτροί, κατὰ κλέος τὸ τῆς παρθένου ἧκον καὶ ἐδέοντο λύσιν τινὰ λοιμοῦ λαβεῖν.