Προστάτης

leader, one who stands before

Translated by Catharine Roth1 Oct 2012Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

Translation

[Meaning] a suppliant, one who stands before the altars. "I know, hearing from these people, who the suppliant is."1
I want [...].2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προστάτης· ἱκέτης, ὁ προεστηκὼς τῶν βωμῶν. ἔξοιδ' ἀκούων τῶνδ', ὅς ἐστιν ὁ προστάτης. βούλομαι.

Betacode
*prosta/ths: i(ke/ths, o( proesthkw\s tw=n bwmw=n. e)/coid' a)kou/wn tw=nd', o(/s e)stin o( prosta/ths. bou/lomai. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1171 (web address 1), with scholion. For a different sense of the headword, see pi 2809. ↩
  2. 2This seemingly irrelevant word was deleted by Aemilius Portus in his edition of 1630. ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 20 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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