Πραόνως
gently
Translated by William Hutton16 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "but you, Aeschylus, refute, be refuted, not in anger but gently. It's not appropriate for poet types to hurl abuse like bakery-maids."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πραόνως· Ἀριστοφάνης· σὺ δὲ μὴ πρὸς ὀργήν, Αἰσχύλε, ἀλλὰ πραόνως ἔλεγχ', ἐλέγχου. λοιδορεῖσθαι δ' οὐ πρέπει ἄνδρας ποιητὰς ὥσπερ ἀρτοπώλιδας.
Betacode
*prao/nws: *)aristofa/nhs: su\ de\ mh\ pro\s o)rgh/n, *ai)sxu/le, a)lla\ prao/nws e)/legx', e)le/gxou. loidorei=sqai d' ou) pre/pei a)/ndras poihta\s w(/sper a)rtopw/lidas.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Frogs 856-8 (web address 1 below); more fully at sigma 1315.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 26 Oct 2021
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton