Φιαλεῖς
you will carry out, you will take in hand
Translated by John Mulhall24 Mar 2011Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "but you will not make repayment and you will not carry [it] out, I know, but you will deceive utterly and you will gape1 at him exceedingly."2 But [sc. also attested is] "we will carry out",3 that is we will devote [ourselves] to the task. We will rush to this. But properly, to carry out is to begin an act. Aristophanes [also writes]: "Come on! Quickly you! Hold the bowl, so that we may carry out a task, having prayed to the gods."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιαλεῖς· Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀποδώσεις οὐδὲ φιαλεῖς, οἶδ' ὅτι· ἀλλ' ἐξαπατήσεις κἀγχανῇ τούτῳ μέγα. φιαλοῦμεν δέ, τουτέστιν τῷ ἔργῳ ἐπιβαλοῦμεν. ἐπὶ τοῦτο ὁρμήσομεν. φιαλεῖν δὲ κυρίως ἐστὶ τὸ ἄρχεσθαι πράγματος. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἄγε δὴ σὺ ταχέως ὕπεχε τὴν φιάλην, ὅπως ἔργῳ φιαλοῦμεν, εὐξάμενοι τοῖσι θεοῖς.
Betacode
*fialei=s: *)aristofa/nhs: a)ll' ou)k a)podw/seis ou)de\ fialei=s, oi)=d' o(/ti: a)ll' e)capath/seis ka)gxanh=| tou/tw| me/ga. fialou=men de/, toute/stin tw=| e)/rgw| e)pibalou=men. e)pi\ tou=to o(rmh/somen. fialei=n de\ kuri/ws e)sti\ to\ a)/rxesqai pra/gmatos. *)aristofa/nhs: a)/ge dh\ su\ taxe/ws u(/pexe th\n fia/lhn, o(/pws e)/rgw| fialou=men, eu)ca/menoi toi=si qeoi=s.
Notes (4)
- The headword, extracted from the first quotation given, appears here as
fialei=s but should probably bee)fialei=s , i.e. from a verbe)fia/llw , notfia/llw . (For the contrary view, see LSJ s.v. on the latter: web address 1.) The error, if such it is, is carried through to the scholia ad loc. and arises from incorrect word-division, i.e. notou)de\ fialei=s butou)d' e)fialei=s . - 1Here "to gape" has the sense of "to bamboozle". ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Wasps 1348 (web address 2), followed by comment from the scholia there. ↩
- 3In another Aristophanic passage: see below. ↩
- 4Aristophanes, Peace 431-2 (web address 3) -- here with the extra dimension of wordplay on 'bowl' (phi 284). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Feb 2023
- reordered links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- tweaked headword and tr; augmented notes; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — John Mulhall