Οὐδὲν ἦλθε ῥαψαμένη σκύτινον καθειμένον
she came having sewn to herself nothing leather and dangly
Translated by David Whitehead5 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
The "-thing" is redundant.1 For he wanted to say, simply, it did not come.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐδὲν ἦλθε ῥαψαμένη σκύτινον καθειμένον· παρέλκει τὸ δεν. ἤθελε γὰρ εἰπεῖν οὐκ ἦλθε, συνήθως.
Betacode
*ou)de\n h)=lqe r(ayame/nh sku/tinon kaqeime/non: pare/lkei to\ den. h)/qele ga\r ei)pei=n ou)k h)=lqe, sunh/qws.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Clouds 538 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there.
- 1For this point of grammar cf. omicron 781, omicron 795. Here, however, it is less apt. Aristophanes is seeking to claim that his play (the subject of the phrase) will not stoop to obvious, low buffoonery. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Neighbouring entries
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- Translated — David Whitehead