Γράψομαι
I will indict
Translated by David Whitehead4 Aug 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] I will prosecute. Aristophanes [writes]: "I will indict him for betraying Greece to the Medes".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γράψομαι· κατηγορήσω. Ἀριστοφάνης· γράψομαι Μήδοισιν αὐτὸν προδιδόναι τὴν Ἑλλάδα.
Betacode
*gra/yomai: kathgorh/sw. *)aristofa/nhs: gra/yomai *mh/doisin au)to\n prodido/nai th\n *(ella/da.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Peace 107-8 (web address 1), with the gloss of the scholia there.
The "him" is Zeus, which instantly renders the idea of a prosecution fantastical; nevertheless the Athenian audience will have understood the term "indict" as one indicating a charge that any citizen could bring on behalf of the whole community (cf. gamma 439, gamma 440).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
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- γ442Γραφὴ καὶ ἐγκλήματαan indictment and charges[sc. Means] a prosecution and charges.
- γ443ΓράφωI write[When it means] I send a letter, [it is used] with a dative. One should note that 'I write' in its different meanings entails a different syntax too. If it is 'I write to you', it means basically I send a letter to you;…
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