Χαλάσω τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυραν
I will loose the holy anchor
Translated by David Whitehead27 Nov 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
An anchor [features in this phrase] figuratively from ships, [meaning] safety. So Sophocles in Phaedra1 and Euripides in Hecuba [also use it].2 [It is called] holy [meaning that it is] a large [anchor or] a good one.
Diodorus [writes]: "with the king weakening and losing his resistance to what was being said, [A] was relying on [B] to do what he wanted".3
Diodorus [writes]: "with the king weakening and losing his resistance to what was being said, [A] was relying on [B] to do what he wanted".3