Ἐθηλύνθην
I was emasculated, I was enervated, I was weakened
Translated by George Mallon4 Jul 2006Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] I was bewitched.
"Like iron in a tempering-bath, I was emasculated in the mouth." In tempering, the iron is not softened,1 but is made hard; so a distinction must be made as follows. For I myself, [Ajax] is saying, who threatened and seethed and made noises like iron in a tempering-bath, am now emasculated by the words of my wife; or because the iron is bathed two ways; for if they want it to be soft, they bathe it in oil, but if hard, in water.2
"Like iron in a tempering-bath, I was emasculated in the mouth." In tempering, the iron is not softened,1 but is made hard; so a distinction must be made as follows. For I myself, [Ajax] is saying, who threatened and seethed and made noises like iron in a tempering-bath, am now emasculated by the words of my wife; or because the iron is bathed two ways; for if they want it to be soft, they bathe it in oil, but if hard, in water.2