Ἤν
if
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Sep 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Instead of e)a/n .1
Aristophanes [writes]: "I want this very thing, if the mattock does not betray my hopes." [Meaning] if it is not broken. He was saying this trying to set Socrates' school on fire.2
Aristophanes [writes]: "I want this very thing, if the mattock does not betray my hopes." [Meaning] if it is not broken. He was saying this trying to set Socrates' school on fire.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἤν· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐάν. Ἀριστοφάνης· τοῦτ' αὐτὸ καὶ βούλομαι, ἢν ἡ σμινύη μὴ προδῷ τὰς ἐλπίδας. ἂν μὴ κλασθῇ. ταῦτα δὲ ἔλεγεν ἐμπιπρῶν τὴν σχολὴν τοῦ Σωκράτους.