Ἐρρέτω
let it go [to hell]
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Jul 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a curse on it, let it go away.1
"Let the war go to hell!" That is, goodbye to it, i.e. we are paying no attention to the war. Aristophanes [says this].2
"Let the war go to hell!" That is, goodbye to it, i.e. we are paying no attention to the war. Aristophanes [says this].2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐρρέτω· οἰμωζέτω, φευγέτω. ὁ πόλεμος ἐρρέτω. τουτέστι χαιρέτω. ὅ ἐστιν οὐδεμίαν φροντίδα τοῦ πολέμου ποιούμεθα. Ἀριστοφάνης.