Μῶν
surely not?
Translated by Kyle Helms2 May 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "Surely you're not from a fine and noble family, are you?" -- "No, by the gods!"1
And elsewhere [sc. one finds the equivalence]:mw=n e)sti ; [meaning] a)=ra/ e)stin .2
"I haven't come too late to help, have I?" [Meaning] I haven't come later than the critical time for helping, have I?3
And elsewhere [sc. one finds the equivalence]:
"I haven't come too late to help, have I?" [Meaning] I haven't come later than the critical time for helping, have I?3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μῶν· Ἀριστοφάνης· μῶν ἐκ καλῶν εἶ κἀγαθῶν; μὰ τοὺς θεούς. καὶ αὖθις· Μῶν ἐστιν· ἆρά ἐστι; μῶν ὑστερόπους βοηθῶ; μὴ ὕστερον τοῦ καιροῦ ἦλθον εἰς τὸ βοηθῆσαι;
Betacode
*mw=n: *)aristofa/nhs: mw=n e)k kalw=n ei)= ka)gaqw=n; ma\ tou\s qeou/s. kai\ au)=qis: *mw=n e)stin: a)=ra/ e)sti; mw=n u(stero/pous bohqw=; mh\ u(/steron tou= kairou= h)=lqon ei)s to\ bohqh=sai;
Notes (3)
- cf. mu 1332.
- 1Aristophanes, Knights 185 (an exchange between the first slave and the sausage-seller: web address 1). Note the scholia there:
mh\ eu)genh\s ei)= [He means:] "you're not well-born." ↩ - 2Likewise in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu649 Theodoridis. ↩
- 3The women's chorus in Aristophanes, Lysistrata 326 (web address 2), with scholia thereto. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Sep 2013
- modified links — Catharine Roth
- another note; tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword; overall simplification — David Whitehead
- Translated — Kyle Helms