Οὐ γὰρ
nay for
Translated by Amanda Aponte25 Oct 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes in Clouds [sc. uses the phrase].1 Meaning a)lla\ kai\ ga\r in Attic dialect; as Callimachus [wrote]: "you hear Hipponax [say]: 'Nay, for I have come.'"2 Meaning, for I have come [kai\ ga\r h(/kw ]. Also in Frogs, "Nay, for" [ou) ga\r a)lla/ ], meaning kai\ ga\r in Attic dialect. Meaning, for I am poorly [e)/xw ga\r kakw=s ]. But he said, "Nay, for I am poorly"3 [ou) ga\r, a)lla\ kai\ e)/xw ]. But the a)lla\ is brought in in Frogs, too: "Nay, for one must obey."4 Meaning, for one must obey [kai\ ga\r peiste/on ]. Never, he is saying, ought you to say, but also to give, so that I will trust you, that you give me the same report. Also in Thesmophoriazusae: "nay, for strangely how full of persons in white the assembly was to see."5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐ γὰρ· Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀλλὰ καὶ γὰρ Ἀττικῶς· ὡς Καλλίμαχος· ἀκούσαθ' Ἱππώνακτος· οὐ γὰρ ἀλλ' ἥκω. ἀντὶ τοῦ καὶ γὰρ ἥκω. καὶ ἐν Βατράχοις, οὐ γὰρ ἀλλά, ἀντὶ τοῦ καὶ γὰρ Ἀττικῶς. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἔχω γὰρ κακῶς. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, οὐ γὰρ, ἀλλ' ἔχω κακῶς. τὸ δὲ ἀλλὰ παρέλκεται καὶ ἐν Βατράχοις· οὐ γὰρ ἀλλὰ πειστέον. ἀντὶ τοῦ καὶ γὰρ πειστέον. οὐδαμῶς, φησίν, ὀφείλεις λέγειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ διδόναι, ἵνα σοι πιστεύσω, ὅτι ἀληθῶς ἐπαγγέλλῃ μοι αὐτὰ διδόναι. καὶ ἐν Θεσμοφοριαζούσαις· οὐ γὰρ ἀλλ' ὑπερφυῶς ὡς λευκοπληθὴς ἦν ἰδεῖν ἡ ἐκκλησία.
Betacode
*ou) ga\r: *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais. a)nti\ tou= a)lla\ kai\ ga\r *)attikw=s: w(s *kalli/maxos: a)kou/saq' *(ippw/naktos: ou) ga\r a)ll' h(/kw. a)nti\ tou= kai\ ga\r h(/kw. kai\ e)n *batra/xois, ou) ga\r a)lla/, a)nti\ tou= kai\ ga\r *)attikw=s. a)nti\ tou= e)/xw ga\r kakw=s. o( de\ ei)=pen, ou) ga\r, a)ll' e)/xw kakw=s. to\ de\ a)lla\ pare/lketai kai\ e)n *batra/xois: ou) ga\r a)lla\ peiste/on. a)nti\ tou= kai\ ga\r peiste/on. ou)damw=s, fhsi/n, o)fei/leis le/gein, a)lla\ kai\ dido/nai, i(/na soi pisteu/sw, o(/ti a)lhqw=s e)pagge/llh| moi au)ta\ dido/nai. kai\ e)n *qesmoforiazou/sais: ou) ga\r a)ll' u(perfuw=s w(s leukoplhqh\s h)=n i)dei=n h( e)kklhsi/a.
Notes (5)
- 1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 232, where indeed he does (web address 1). ↩
- 2Callimachus, Iambi fr. 191 Pfeiffer = Hipponax fr. 13. ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Frogs 58 (web address 2), with scholion. ↩
- 4Aristophanes, Frogs 498 (web address 3), with scholion. ↩
- 5Actually Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 386 (web address 4); cf. sigma 727. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 4 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Feb 2021
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Amanda Aponte