Μετάφερε σαυτόν
change yourself
Translated by David Whitehead11 Jun 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[sc. The injunction/proverb arises] because men ought to change themselves and take their affairs in hand.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μετάφερε σαυτόν. ὅτι προσήκει ἑαυτοὺς μεταφέρειν καὶ μεταχειρίζεσθαι τὰ πράγματα.
Betacode
*meta/fere sauto/n. o(/ti prosh/kei e(autou\s metafe/rein kai\ metaxeiri/zesqai ta\ pra/gmata.
Notes
- The headword phrase -- in the imperative mode, and perhaps modelled on the famous Delphic maxim "know yourself" (gamma 333, gamma 334) -- looks proverbial but is not attested as such. The closest extant parallel for it occurs in Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.41.1:
pa/nta dh\ tau=ta e)pi\ seauto\n meta/fere "change all these things toward yourself".
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead