Εἰ καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ
even if now I myself
Translated by David Whitehead19 Aug 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"[Even if now I myself] -- because I wish my father, having been freed from these early-rising-blackmailing-litigating-hardgoing ways, to live a gentleman's life like Morychos -- stand accused of doing these things because I am a conspirator and in favour of tyranny". Aristophanes [says this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἰ καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ τὸν πατέρ' ὅτι βούλομαι, τούτων ἀπαλλαχθέντα τῶν ὀρθοφοιτοσυκοφαντοδικοταλαιπώρων τρόπων, ζῆν βίον γενναῖον ὥσπερ Μόρυχος, αἰτίαν ἔχω ταῦτα δρᾶν ξυνωμότης ὢν καὶ φρονῶν τυραννικά. Ἀριστοφάνης.