Ἐπὶ τροχοῦ δεῖ σ' ἐκεῖ στρεβλούμενον εἰπεῖν ἃ πεπανούργηκας
you must be racked there on the wheel and declare your villainies
Translated by David Whitehead20 May 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. uses this phrase]. A saying in reference to villains. For there was a particular wheel in Athens, on which slaves were bound and punished.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπὶ τροχοῦ δεῖ σ' ἐκεῖ στρεβλούμενον εἰπεῖν ἃ πεπανούργηκας· Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ. παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν πονηρῶν. τροχὸς γάρ τις ἦν ἐν Ἀθήναις, ἐν ᾧ δεσμούμενοι οἱ οἰκέται ἐκολάζοντο.