Ἴσσα

issa! ha!

Translated by David Whitehead25 Apr 2006Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 19 words

An exclamation addressed to those who are destitute and experiencing utter misfortune. It occurs in Menander's Messenia¹ and elsewhere.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἴσσα· ἐπίφθεγμα ἐπὶ τῶν ἀπολαχόντων καὶ ὅλως δυσπραγούντων. ἔστι καὶ ἐν Μεσσηνίᾳ Μενάνδρου καὶ ἑτέρωθι.

Betacode

Ἴσσα · issa! ha! (ι 605) · Suda

*)/issa: e)pi/fqegma e)pi\ tw=n a)polaxo/ntwn kai\ o(/lws duspragou/ntwn. e)/sti kai\ e)n *messhni/a| *mena/ndrou kai\ e(te/rwqi.