Καὶ ἐν θεῶν ἀγορᾷ

even in the gods' assembly

Translated by David Whitehead10 Feb 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 19 words

Translation

The proverb is said in reference to those slandering to excess. For 'gods' assembly' is a location in Eleusis.1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καὶ ἐν θεῶν ἀγορᾷ· ἐπὶ τῶν καθ' ὑπερβολὴν κακηγορούντων εἴρηται ἡ παροιμία. θεῶν γὰρ ἀγορὰ τόπος ἐστὶν ἐν Ἐλευσῖνι.

Betacode
*kai\ e)n qew=n a)gora=|: e)pi\ tw=n kaq' u(perbolh\n kakhgorou/ntwn ei)/rhtai h( paroimi/a. qew=n ga\r a)gora\ to/pos e)sti\n e)n *)eleusi=ni. 

Notes (1)

  1. For a version of this see already theta 210.
  2. 1An ancient town is western Attica; cf. epsilon 811, epsilon 812. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 17 Jul 2019
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. another note — David Whitehead
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“even in the gods' assembly.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 10 February 2008. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/1163>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/kappa/1163>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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