Ὡς ἐκ τῶν παρόντων
as out of the current situation
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Sep 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] out of necessity. "When she learned [this], as out of the current situation [Bacchides] had given to each woman a choice of death as painless and gentle as possible, taking off the diadem which she wore on her head as a symbol and a witness of her authority, she then put it around the neck making a noose for the present need."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὡς ἐκ τῶν παρόντων· ἐξ ἀνάγκης. ἡ δὲ ὡς ἐπύθετο, ὡς ἐκ τῶν παρόντων αἵρεσιν ἑκάστῃ δόντος θανάτου ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα ἀλύπου τε καὶ κούφου, τὸ διάδημα, ὅπερ οὖν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς εἶχε σύμβολον δὴ καὶ μαρτύριον ἀρχῆς, περισπάσασα, εἶτα μέντοι τῷ τραχήλῳ περιβάλλει πρὸς τὴν χρείαν τὴν παροῦσαν βρόχον ἀποφήνασα.
Betacode
*(ws e)k tw=n paro/ntwn: e)c a)na/gkhs. h( de\ w(s e)pu/qeto, w(s e)k tw=n paro/ntwn ai(/resin e(ka/sth| do/ntos qana/tou w(s e)/ni ma/lista a)lu/pou te kai\ kou/fou, to\ dia/dhma, o(/per ou)=n e)pi\ th=s kefalh=s ei)=xe su/mbolon dh\ kai\ martu/rion a)rxh=s, perispa/sasa, ei)=ta me/ntoi tw=| traxh/lw| periba/llei pro\s th\n xrei/an th\n parou=san bro/xon a)pofh/nasa.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 20 May 2016
- cosmeticule — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- tweaked tr; augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth