Κλαστάσεις
you will cut down to size, you will trim
Translated by David Whitehead27 Nov 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] you will trample on, you will wrestle down, you will oppress, you will subordinate, you will harass, you will shake; some [sc. say it means] you will clamour for; but better [sc. would be] kla/seis ["you will break"]. From a metaphor of grape-vines being pruned in the vineyards. Aristophanes [writes]: "you will trample on [the] council and you will cut [the] generals down to size".1