Μετῄεσαν
they were pursuing, they were going after
Translated by Robert Dyer19 Jun 2003Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they were coming after, they were pursuing. "And, as he had performed the noblest deed, he escaped quickly making straight for his lover. The spear-bearers1 were pursuing him, and he would have escaped if he had not run into yoked sheep and, entangled as if in foot shackles, been then tripped up."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μετῄεσαν· μετήρχοντο, ἐδίωκον. καὶ ὡς κατειργάσατο τὸ κάλλιστον ἔργον, ἔφευγεν ὤκιστα εὐθὺ τοῦ ἐραστοῦ. μετῄεσαν δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ δορυφόροι, καὶ διέφυγεν ἂν ἐκεῖνος, εἰ μὴ προβάτοις συνεζευγμένοις περιπεσὼν καὶ συμπλακεὶς ὡς πέδῃ κᾆτα ἀνετράπη.
Betacode
*meth/|esan: meth/rxonto, e)di/wkon. kai\ w(s kateirga/sato to\ ka/lliston e)/rgon, e)/feugen w)/kista eu)qu\ tou= e)rastou=. meth/|esan de\ au)to\n oi( dorufo/roi, kai\ die/fugen a)\n e)kei=nos, ei) mh\ proba/tois sunezeugme/nois peripesw\n kai\ sumplakei\s w(s pe/dh| ka)=|ta a)netra/ph.
Notes (2)
- This entry, with the third person plural of the imperfect indicative of
me/teimi fromi)e/nai ('go, come'), glosses and exemplifies the verb correctly. See mu 782 and mu 784 for its related use in law. Particular problems are, however, caused by its appearances at mu 786 (cf. mu 699) and mu 783. - 1See delta 1403. A term, frequent in the Suda, used of the bodyguards of kings and tyrants, and, at Rome, of the praetorian guard. ↩
- 2Aelian fr.73b D-F (70 Hercher); cf. epsilon 2624, theta 520, omicron 250, pi 860, pi 2843, sigma 757, upsilon 290. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 20 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented keywords; added x-refs to note 2; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Robert Dyer