Ἱστίον σαπρόν
a ragged sail
Translated by Catharine Roth25 Apr 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] old rigging, worn out or not serviceable. Aristophanes [writes]: "[I will contrive that you take] a ragged sail."1
"As if his nature recognized late its proper work, not little by little, but with the same sails as he was carried away from the sophistic sect, when he first became a philosopher."2
"As if his nature recognized late its proper work, not little by little, but with the same sails as he was carried away from the sophistic sect, when he first became a philosopher."2