Μνηστῆρας
suitors, wooers
Translated by Kyle Helms27 Jun 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"They took no thought of the suitors of the office of consul; but they themselves chose someone with a long and excellent knowledge of wars and a champion of noble and admired deeds."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μνηστῆρας· τοὺς μὲν τῆς ἀρχῆς τῆς ὑπάτου μνηστῆρας παρ' οὐδὲν ἐποιήσαντο· αἱροῦνται δὲ αὐτοὶ πολέμων εὖ εἰδότα πάλαι καὶ γενναίων καὶ περιβλέπτων ἔργων ἀγωνιστήν.
Betacode
*mnhsth=ras: tou\s me\n th=s a)rxh=s th=s u(pa/tou mnhsth=ras par' ou)de\n e)poih/santo: ai(rou=ntai de\ au)toi\ pole/mwn eu)= ei)do/ta pa/lai kai\ gennai/wn kai\ perible/ptwn e)/rgwn a)gwnisth/n.
Notes
- The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is the accusative plural of the masculine noun
mnhsth/r (web address 1). This noun is commonly found in its literal sense in Homer (e.g. Odyssey 1.91) for Penelope's suitors. In the unidentifiable prose quotation given here, it has a figurative sense.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 12 Sep 2020
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Kyle Helms