Μή σ' ὁ θυμὸς ἁρπάσας ἐκτὸς οἴσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν
let your spirit not seize you and carry you beyond the olive-trees
Translated by William Hutton18 Jul 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
The saying appears to say something particular, and indeed [sc. it does], since there were olive-trees at the end of the hippodrome, through which those who fell in the race were carried out. He means to say "do not speak outside of the topic."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μή σ' ὁ θυμὸς ἁρπάσας ἐκτὸς οἴσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν· ἐμφαίνει ὁ λόγος ὡρισμένον τι λέγειν, καὶ μάλιστα, ὡς ἐπ' ἄκρου ἱπποδρόμου ἐλαῖαι ἦσαν, καθ' ὃ ἐξεφέροντο οἱ ὑποπεπτωκότες κατὰ τὸν δρόμον. θέλει δὲ εἰπεῖν, ἐκτὸς τοῦ προκειμένου μὴ λέγε.
Betacode
*mh/ s' o( qumo\s a(rpa/sas e)kto\s oi)/sei tw=n e)laiw=n: e)mfai/nei o( lo/gos w(risme/non ti le/gein, kai\ ma/lista, w(s e)p' a)/krou i(ppodro/mou e)lai=ai h)=san, kaq' o(\ e)cefe/ronto oi( u(popeptwko/tes kata\ to\n dro/mon. qe/lei de\ ei)pei=n, e)kto\s tou= prokeime/nou mh\ le/ge.
Notes
- The headword phrase is Aristophanes, Frogs 994-5, and the content of the entry is derived from the scholia thereto.
Dover ad loc.: "it is not known whether 'the olive trees' refers to a particular course familiar to Athenians or rests on an assumption about race-courses in general".
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Revision history2 revisions · last 22 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton