Πόλις
city
Translated by David Whitehead1 Oct 2012Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"[The] city is full of both burning incenses and also of paeans and lamentations." In effect, those who have suffered nothing are sacrificing and singing paeans to avert evil, while those who have been caught up in domestic woes are lamenting.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πόλις· πόλις δ' ὁμοῦ μὲν θυμιαμάτων γέμει, ὁμοῦ δὲ παιάνων τε καὶ στεναγμάτων· παρ' ὅσον οἱ μὲν μηδὲν πεπονθότες ἐπὶ ἀποτροπῇ τοῦ κακοῦ θύουσι καὶ παιᾶνας ᾄδουσιν, οἱ δὲ ἑαλωκότες ἐπ' οἰκείοις κακοῖς ἀποιμώζουσι.
Betacode
*po/lis: po/lis d' o(mou= me\n qumiama/twn ge/mei, o(mou= de\ paia/nwn te kai\ stenagma/twn: par' o(/son oi( me\n mhde\n peponqo/tes e)pi\ a)potroph=| tou= kakou= qu/ousi kai\ paia=nas a)/|dousin, oi( de\ e(alwko/tes e)p' oi)kei/ois kakoi=s a)poimw/zousi.
Notes
External resources
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Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Sep 2021
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- x-refs — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead