Χρόνου πόδα

time's foot

Translated by David Whitehead · 7 Apr 2008 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions

Translation

[A phrase] from Euripides. Aristophanes [writes]: "'aither, Zeus's bedchamber' or 'time's foot'". Meaning Euripides says these things.¹
And elsewhere: "since for you the story might preclude an opportunity of time." Sophocles [sc. writes this]. [Meaning] since the idle talk removes the opportunity of intentions being acted on.²

Greek original

Χρόνου πόδα· ἀπὸ Εὐριπίδου. Ἀριστοφάνης· αἰθέρα Διὸς δωμάτιον ἢ χρόνου πόδα. ἀντὶ τοῦ Εὐριπίδου τοῦ ταῦτα λέγοντος. καὶ αὖθις· χρόνου γὰρ ἄν σοι καιρὸν ἐξείργει λόγος. Σοφοκλῆς. ἀφαιρεῖται γὰρ τὴν εὐκαιρίαν τῶν μελλόντων πραχθῆναι ἡ τῶν λόγων ἀδολεσχία.

Betacode

*xro/nou po/da: a)po\ *eu)ripi/dou. *)aristofa/nhs: ai)qe/ra *dio\s dwma/tion h)\ xro/nou po/da. a)nti\ tou= *eu)ripi/dou tou= tau=ta le/gontos. kai\ au)=qis: xro/nou ga\r a)/n soi kairo\n e)cei/rgei lo/gos. *sofoklh=s. a)fairei=tai ga\r th\n eu)kairi/an tw=n mello/ntwn praxqh=nai h( tw=n lo/gwn a)dolesxi/a.

Notes (1)

[1] Aristophanes, Frogs 311 (web address 1), a repetition of line 100 (see under pi 356), with comment deriving from the scholia. The first of the two phrases has been identified as a (comic?) version of Euripides fr. 487 (from the Melanippe), ai)qe/r' oi)/khsin *dio/s ("aither, Zeus's dwelling"). The second is best-known for its appearance in Bacchae 889 (web address 2), where the word for 'foot' appears, as here, in the accusative case; but since apparent quotations from that play in Frogs present chronological problems (see Dover 1993: 37-38, esp. 38 n.2), the model might in fact be fr. 42 (from the Alexandros), xro/nou ... pou/s (with, however, the word for 'foot' in the nominative case).
2Sophocles, Electra 1292 (web address 3), with comments deriving from the scholia. The text of Sophocles has optative e)cei/rgoi for the Suda's e)cei/rgei and other manuscript variants.

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References

Dover, K., ed. Aristophanes, Frogs (Oxford 1993)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbours in Adler order

χ532ΧρόμωνοςChromon's; of Chromon χ533Χρόνοςtime χ534Χρόνος γὰρ εὐμαρὴς θεόςfor time (is) a kindly god χ535Χρόνου πόδαtime's foot χ536Χροόςof skin χ537ΧρῴζωI stain, I tinge χ538Χρῶμαcolor, musical modulation, chromatic scale

Revisions (6)

13 Nov 2013David Whitehead
7 Apr 2008Catharine Rothbetacode typo
7 Apr 2008David Whiteheadx-ref
7 Apr 2008William HuttonCosmetics, tweaks, added links and keywords, raised status
7 Apr 2008David Whiteheadtranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*xro/nou po/da: a)po\ *eu)ripi/dou. *)aristofa/nhs: ai)qe/ra *dio\s dwma/tion h)\ xro/nou po/da. a)nti\ tou= *eu)ripi/dou tou= tau=ta le/gontos. kai\ au)=qis: xro/nou ga\r a)/n soi kairo\n e)cei/rgei lo/gos. *sofoklh=s. a)fairei=tai ga\r th\n eu)kairi/an tw=n mello/ntwn praxqh=nai h( tw=n lo/gwn a)dolesxi/a.

Notes (1)

[1] Aristophanes, Frogs 311 (web address 1), a repetition of line 100 (see under pi 356), with comment deriving from the scholia. The first of the two phrases has been identified as a (comic?) version of Euripides fr. 487 (from the Melanippe), ai)qe/r' oi)/khsin *dio/s ("aither, Zeus's dwelling"). The second is best-known for its appearance in Bacchae 889 (web address 2), where the word for 'foot' appears, as here, in the accusative case; but since apparent quotations from that play in Frogs present chronological problems (see Dover 1993: 37-38, esp. 38 n.2), the model might in fact be fr. 42 (from the Alexandros), xro/nou ... pou/s (with, however, the word for 'foot' in the nominative case).

2Sophocles, Electra 1292 (web address 3), with comments deriving from the scholia. The text of Sophocles has optative e)cei/rgoi for the Suda's e)cei/rgei and other manuscript variants.