Κλύει
hearkens
Translated by Richard Davis9 Mar 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] hears.1
"And somehow the hearkener rejoices more than the one speaking, exulting in your pains; for if you should aim at great souls you would not miss the mark."2 Sophocles also [writes]: "poor wretch, when she hearkens to this report, she will send forth great wailing in the entire city."3
"And somehow the hearkener rejoices more than the one speaking, exulting in your pains; for if you should aim at great souls you would not miss the mark."2 Sophocles also [writes]: "poor wretch, when she hearkens to this report, she will send forth great wailing in the entire city."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κλύει· ἀκούει. καί πως ὁ κλύων τοῦ λέγοντος χαίρει μᾶλλον, τοῖς σοῖς ἄχεσι καθυβρίζων. τῶν γὰρ μεγάλων ψυχῶν ἱεὶς οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοις. καὶ Σοφοκλῆς· ἦπου τάλαινα τήνδ' ὅταν κλύῃ φάτιν, ἥσει μέγαν κωκυτὸν ἐν πάσῃ πόλει.
Betacode
*klu/ei: a)kou/ei. kai/ pws o( klu/wn tou= le/gontos xai/rei ma=llon, toi=s soi=s a)/xesi kaqubri/zwn. tw=n ga\r mega/lwn yuxw=n i(ei\s ou)k a)\n a(ma/rtois. kai\ *sofoklh=s: h)=pou ta/laina th/nd' o(/tan klu/h| fa/tin, h(/sei me/gan kwkuto\n e)n pa/sh| po/lei.
Notes (3)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa800 Theodoridis. The headword is present indicative active, third person singular, of
klu/w (cf. kappa 1842, kappa 1843, kappa 1844). It must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous instances in tragedy, and Latte on Hesychius s.v. suggests Euripides, Hecuba 1094. ↩ - 2Sophocles, Ajax 151-155 (web address 1), though the quotation here differs from the accepted readings of the tragedy in several key places. The Lloyd-Jones & Wilson OCT of Sophocles has
pa=s ('every') forpws ('somehow'),le/cantos forle/gontos , anda(ma/rtoi fora(ma/rtois . The translation follows the Suda text. ↩ - 3Sophocles, Ajax 850-851 (web address 2). ↩
References
Lloyd-Jones, H. and N.G. Wilson. Sophoclis Fabulae. Oxford, 1990
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- ι215Ἱείςthrowing[Meaning] releasing, shooting at. Sophocles [writes, using] ti/s in both clauses in common: "one who aims at great souls would not miss;" but aiming at worthless men, "one would not persuade" the hearer, but "envy…
- κ1842Κλῦθιhearken![Meaning] listen!
- κ1843Κλύμενοςfamous, heard-of; KlymenosHades is called thus; either because he calls everyone to himself, or [sc. in being] the one heard [and sc. obeyed] by everyone. In the Epigrams: "who enchants with his lyre the serious mind and unsoftened heart of the…
- κ1844ΚλύωI listen, I have heard, I know[Meaning] I learn.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Sep 2019
- Greek typo — Catharine Roth
- supplemented notes, deleted a link — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.1; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Richard Davis