Ἔννους
thoughtful
Translated by Catharine Roth14 May 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] intelligent. Sophocles [writes]: "a thoughtful [man] judges new things by old." [Meaning] a thoughtful man knows present matters through [knowledge of] what has preceded. For if the oracle given by Apollo is rejected, obviously also now the prophecies which Teiresias has given [are to be rejected also].1
And elsewhere: "having done these things, he became thoughtful later, and behaved sensibly."2
And elsewhere: "having done these things, he became thoughtful later, and behaved sensibly."2