Ἔφεδρος
reserve, in reserve
Translated by Ryan Stone27 Jan 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] third taulistes, and [= or] a man in waiting.1
Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "Cleidemides [says that Sophocles] intends to sit out in reserve. And if Aeschylus should win, he will stay where he is. But if not, he will fight for his art."2
A 'reserve' is the one in the contests not being drawn into comptetion with the victors. Sophocles calls Ajax a 'reserve', because, the uttermost person and like a reservist, Ajax had been left [sc. to stray] into evil. As if to say, in addition to the first evils like a second evil for me is what happened to Ajax. For this is what the [term] 'reserve' indicates. For [the chorus] says, "And Ajax [who is] hard to cure awaits me as [an opponent in] reserve."3
Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "Cleidemides [says that Sophocles] intends to sit out in reserve. And if Aeschylus should win, he will stay where he is. But if not, he will fight for his art."2
A 'reserve' is the one in the contests not being drawn into comptetion with the victors. Sophocles calls Ajax a 'reserve', because, the uttermost person and like a reservist, Ajax had been left [sc. to stray] into evil. As if to say, in addition to the first evils like a second evil for me is what happened to Ajax. For this is what the [term] 'reserve' indicates. For [the chorus] says, "And Ajax [who is] hard to cure awaits me as [an opponent in] reserve."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔφεδρος· ταυλιστὴς τρίτος, καὶ ἐνεδρεύων. Ἀριστοφάνης Βατράχοις· νυνὶ δ' ἔμελλε Κλειδημίδης ἔφεδρος καθεδεῖσθαι· κἂν μὲν Αἰσχύλος κρατῇ, ἕξειν κατὰ χώραν· εἰ δὲ μή, περὶ τῆς τέχνης διαγωνιεῖσθαι. Ἔφεδρός ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσιν ὁ μὴ πλανώμενος εἰς τὸ ἀγωνίζεσθαι τοῖς νικῶσιν. ἔφεδρον δὲ λέγει ὁ Σοφοκλῆς τὸν Αἴαντα, ὅτι ἔσχατος καὶ ὡς ἔφεδρος ἐλείφθη μοι ὁ Αἴας εἰς κακόν. οἷον πρὸς τοῖς πρώτοις κακοῖς ὥσπερ δεύτερόν ἐστι μοι κακὸν τὸ τοῦ Αἴαντος ξυνεστηκός. τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ τὸ ἔφεδρος. λέγει γάρ, καί μοι δυσθεράπευτος Αἴας ξύνεστιν ἔφεδρος.
Betacode
*)/efedros: taulisth\s tri/tos, kai\ e)nedreu/wn. *)aristofa/nhs *batra/xois: nuni\ d' e)/melle *kleidhmi/dhs e)/fedros kaqedei=sqai: ka)\n me\n *ai)sxu/los krath=|, e(/cein kata\ xw/ran: ei) de\ mh/, peri\ th=s te/xnhs diagwniei=sqai. *)/efedro/s e)stin e)n toi=s a)gw=sin o( mh\ planw/menos ei)s to\ a)gwni/zesqai toi=s nikw=sin. e)/fedron de\ le/gei o( *sofoklh=s to\n *ai)/anta, o(/ti e)/sxatos kai\ w(s e)/fedros e)lei/fqh moi o( *ai)/as ei)s kako/n. oi(=on pro\s toi=s prw/tois kakoi=s w(/sper deu/tero/n e)sti moi kako\n to\ tou= *ai)/antos cunesthko/s. tou=to ga\r dhloi= to\ e)/fedros. le/gei ga/r, kai/ moi dusqera/peutos *ai)/as cu/nestin e)/fedros.
Notes (3)
- See also epsilon 3851.
- 1Same glossing in other lexica. Photius writes taulistes, as here; Hesychius has the spelling tablistes, pronounced the same (i.e. tavlistes). This would seem to mean a dice-player (cf. pi 1392, tau 7). ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Frogs 791-794 (web address 1). ↩
- 3Sophocles, Ajax 609-610 (web address 2), with material from the scholia there. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
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- ε3851Ἔφεδροςreserve, in reserve[Meaning he who is] hoping, standing near. "They are in reserve for the opportunities and are in a state of readiness to come face-to-face with these [men?] again." "Caught in the middle of enemies impending and lying…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 26 Mar 2018
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation, added keywords and links — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ryan Stone