Ἐλοιδορούμεθα
we were vituperating
Translated by William Hutton9 Feb 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] we were engaging in strife, such that out of competitiveness we turned to vituperation. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "we were vituperating each other over the name."1
Agathias [writes]: "and indeed all were vituperating Narses, calling him a blowhard and a scoundrel, and in fact saying that he was a violent person and a murderer, and that otherwise his reputation for always being pious and subservient to the divine was nothing but show."2
Agathias [writes]: "and indeed all were vituperating Narses, calling him a blowhard and a scoundrel, and in fact saying that he was a violent person and a murderer, and that otherwise his reputation for always being pious and subservient to the divine was nothing but show."2