Ὀρθῆς δὲ τῆς πόλεως οὔσης ἐπὶ τούτοις
the city being on tenterhooks in these circumstances
Translated by David Whitehead12 Dec 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Meaning in a state of flux and fear. Hyperides says [this]. [Compare the phrase] "our country was on tenterhooks". Aeschines [uses it] to mean impassive and undecided.1
And Polybios [writes]: "when all this had been reported to the Carthaginians, the city was on tenterhooks and terrified, as it was unclear what to expect".2
And Polybios [writes]: "when all this had been reported to the Carthaginians, the city was on tenterhooks and terrified, as it was unclear what to expect".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀρθῆς δὲ τῆς πόλεως οὔσης ἐπὶ τούτοις· ἀντὶ τοῦ κεκινημένης καὶ πεφοβημένης. Ὑπερίδης φησίν· ὀρθῆς δ' ἡμῖν τῆς πατρίδος οὔσης. Αἰσχίνης δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπαθοῦς καὶ ἀκεραίου. καὶ Πολύβιος· τούτων δὲ προσαγγελθέντων τοῖς Καρχηδονίοις, ὀρθὴ καὶ περίφοβος ἦν ἡ πόλις διὰ τὴν ἀδηλότητα τῶν προσδοκωμένων.
Betacode
*)orqh=s de\ th=s po/lews ou)/shs e)pi\ tou/tois: a)nti\ tou= kekinhme/nhs kai\ pefobhme/nhs. *(uperi/dhs fhsi/n: o)rqh=s d' h(mi=n th=s patri/dos ou)/shs. *ai)sxi/nhs de\ a)nti\ tou= a)paqou=s kai\ a)kerai/ou. kai\ *polu/bios: tou/twn de\ prosaggelqe/ntwn toi=s *karxhdoni/ois, o)rqh\ kai\ peri/fobos h)=n h( po/lis dia\ th\n a)dhlo/thta tw=n prosdokwme/nwn.
Notes (2)
- 1Adler misunderstood this part of the entry, and therefore led her readers astray: by declaring that nothing relevant could be found in Aeschines, and by punctuating, accordingly, with a colon after 'Hyperides says' (so as to suggest that what he said was the phrase following it). Same misleading punctuation, latterly, in Photius omicron464 Theodoridis. However, it is orthodox to regard the headword phrase itself as the quotation from Hyperides: fr.39 Jensen. To make this clear, a full stop is the preferable mark of punctuation after 'Hyperides says'; and in fact the second quotation given is Aeschines 2.163 (
o)rqh=s h(mi=n th=s patri/dos ou)/shs ). ↩ - 2Polybius 36.6.2 (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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- modified and augmented first note, at the prompting of Ronald Allen — David Whitehead
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- added link and keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead