Οὐκ ἔστιν ὅς τις
there is no [man]
Translated by Catharine Roth31 Jul 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"[There is no] man who has good fortune in all respects. For either having been born noble he does not have a means of living, or being low-born he has lost his little oil-flask." What followed [was] "he tills a rich plain."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐκ ἔστιν ὅς τις πάντ' ἀνὴρ εὐδαιμονεῖ. ἢ γὰρ πεφυκὼς ἐσθλὸς οὐκ ἔχει βίον, ἢ δυσγενὴς ὢν ληκύθιον ἀπώλεσε. τὸ ἑξῆς, πλουσίαν ἀροῖ πλάκα.
Betacode
*ou)k e)/stin o(/s tis pa/nt' a)nh\r eu)daimonei=. h)\ ga\r pefukw\s e)sqlo\s ou)k e)/xei bi/on, h)\ dusgenh\s w)\n lhku/qion a)pw/lese. to\ e(ch=s, plousi/an a)roi= pla/ka.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Frogs 1217-1219 (web address 1), with scholion on 1219: Euripides begins the prologue of Stheneboea (Euripides fr. 661 Nauck, fr. 16 Page), and Aeschylus interrupts with "lost his little oil-flask"; cf. lambda 436.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Feb 2021
- restored link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth