Φίλος
dear, dear one
Translated by Jennifer Benedict23 Sep 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Meaning benefit [o)/felos ]. Sophocles in Electra [writes]: "alas wretch, for my useless nursing long ago, that I often gave to you with sweet toil. For you were never [your] mother's dear rather than my own."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φίλος· ἀντὶ τοῦ ὄφελος. Σοφοκλῆς ἐν Ἠλέκτρᾳ· οἴμοι τάλαινα, τῆς ἐμῆς πάλαι τροφῆς ἀνωφελήτου, τὴν ἐγὼ θάμ' ἀμφὶ σοὶ πόνῳ γλυκεῖ παρέσχον. οὔτε γάρ ποτε μητρὸς σύγ' ἦσθα μᾶλλον ἢ κἀμοῦ φίλος.
Betacode
*fi/los: a)nti\ tou= o)/felos. *sofoklh=s e)n *)hle/ktra|: oi)/moi ta/laina, th=s e)mh=s pa/lai trofh=s a)nwfelh/tou, th\n e)gw\ qa/m' a)mfi\ soi\ po/nw| glukei= pare/sxon. ou)/te ga/r pote mhtro\s su/g' h)=sqa ma=llon h)\ ka)mou= fi/los.
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External resources
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Linked from3 entries
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- φ412ΦίλοςfriendAnother self. Of those things that are good and able to be chosen, some are chosen for their own sake, like happiness and as many things as are valuable, and some on account of something else, such as advancing [one's…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 25 Feb 2023
- betacode — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, keywords, status — Catharine Roth
- Changed a word. — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict