Μὴ μή μ' ἄναξ

not not me lord

Translated by Catharine Roth11 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

23 words

Translation

The full [sc. version is] "not, not for me." Sophocles [writes]: "do not, lord, do not [...] win for me an evil reputation".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μὴ μή μ', ἄναξ· τὸ πλῆρες, μὴ μή μοι. Σοφοκλῆς· μὴ μή μ', ἄναξ, κακὰν φάτιν ἄρῃ.

Betacode
*mh\ mh/ m', a)/nac: to\ plh=res, mh\ mh/ moi. *sofoklh=s: mh\ mh/ m', a)/nac, kaka\n fa/tin a)/rh|. 

Notes

  1. An abridgment of Sophocles, Ajax 191-192 (web address 1), with scholion -- explaining that the m' of the headword phrase is the dative moi.

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Revision history3 revisions · last 22 May 2013
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked tr; expanded note — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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