Οὐκ ἔστι παρὰ ταῦτ' ἄλλο
there isn't anything else besides this
Translated by Catharine Roth2 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Meaning, it is not possible for it to be otherwise than as he has said. This, he is saying, has been altogether decided, and I would not allow you to do anything else. Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. It is not possible for it to be otherwise than to go up into heaven.1
"There was nothing of what had been proposed to which he was not ready to agree, not because he was going to abide by [the agreements], but so that he could obtain some relief from the present circumstances."2
"There was nothing of what had been proposed to which he was not ready to agree, not because he was going to abide by [the agreements], but so that he could obtain some relief from the present circumstances."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐκ ἔστι παρὰ ταῦτ' ἄλλο· ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλως γενέσθαι ἢ καθὼς εἴρηκε. τοῦτο, φησί, πάντως δέδοκται, καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἐάσαιμί σε ἕτερόν τι ποιῆσαι. Ἀριστοφάνης. οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλως γενέσθαι ἢ ἀνελθεῖν εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. ὁ δὲ οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐχ ἑτοίμως τῶν προταθέντων ἔσχε συνθέσθαι, οὐχ ὅτι καὶ ἐμμένειν αὐτοῖς ἔμελλεν, ἀλλ' ἵν' ἐκ τῶν παρόντων ἀναπνεύσῃ.
Betacode
*ou)k e)/sti para\ tau=t' a)/llo: a)nti\ tou= ou)k e)/stin a)/llws gene/sqai h)\ kaqw\s ei)/rhke. tou=to, fhsi/, pa/ntws de/doktai, kai\ ou)k a)\n e)a/saimi/ se e(/tero/n ti poih=sai. *)aristofa/nhs. ou)k e)/stin a)/llws gene/sqai h)\ a)nelqei=n ei)s to\n ou)rano/n. o( de\ ou)de\n o(/ ti ou)x e(toi/mws tw=n protaqe/ntwn e)/sxe sunqe/sqai, ou)x o(/ti kai\ e)mme/nein au)toi=s e)/mellen, a)ll' i(/n' e)k tw=n paro/ntwn a)napneu/sh|.
Notes (2)
- 1Aristophanes, Peace 110 (web address 1), with fuller scholion: Trygaeus has made up his mind to ride the dung-beetle to heaven. ↩
- 2Adler tentatively attributed this quotation to Damascius, and it is now indeed Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 392 Zintzen (under fragmenta dubia et incertae sedis). Nevertheless its provenance and application remain mysterious: the first clause (i.e. as far as
sunqe/sqai ) occurs also in a passage of Xiphilinus' epitome of Cassius Dio (S231 Dindorf-Stephanus), where it refers to the Dacian king Decebalus (delta 189), opponent of Trajan; and the whole sentence is in the Excerpta De Legationibus made for Constantine Porphyrogenitus (p. 426 de Boor), with that same application. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Feb 2021
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- augmented n.2; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth