Ἐμποδών
in the way
Translated by David Whitehead5 Mar 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Antiphon [sc. uses the word to mean] those at hand. For he says: "you punished those in the way".1
"[...lest] he should be in the way of our not hauling out the goddess;" [so writes] Aristophanes.2 The "not" [is] superfluous: for he would have done enough to say "in the way". But they do use such [an idiom] as this, in which the "not" seems to be superfluous, as also in such [phrases] as "I forbid you not to go in".3
"[...lest] he should be in the way of our not hauling out the goddess;" [so writes] Aristophanes.2 The "not" [is] superfluous: for he would have done enough to say "in the way". But they do use such [an idiom] as this, in which the "not" seems to be superfluous, as also in such [phrases] as "I forbid you not to go in".3