Ποῖ ποτε
up to what point? whither?
Translated by William Hutton23 Sep 2013Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "for up to what point was it necessary to hold back?"1
Also in Sophocles, instead of 'until what time': "up to what point will you remain calm, looking to what hope that is still realistic?"2
Also in Sophocles, instead of 'until what time': "up to what point will you remain calm, looking to what hope that is still realistic?"2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ποῖ ποτε. Ἀριστοφάνης· ποῖ γὰρ καὶ χρῆν ἀναμεῖναι; καὶ παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ, ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰς τίνα χρόνον. ποῖ γὰρ μενεῖς ῥᾴθυμος, ἐς τίν' ἐλπίδων βλέψασ' ἔτ' ὀρθήν;
Betacode
*poi= pote. *)aristofa/nhs: poi= ga\r kai\ xrh=n a)namei=nai; kai\ para\ *sofoklei=, a)nti\ tou= ei)s ti/na xro/non. poi= ga\r menei=s r(a/|qumos, e)s ti/n' e)lpi/dwn ble/yas' e)/t' o)rqh/n;
Notes (2)
- The full headword phrase does not appear in either of the quotations given, which seem instead to illustrate temporal and/or figurative uses of its first word, the interrogative pronoun
poi= ('to where', 'whither', 'up to what point (in time)'. The headword phrase itself must be quoted from somewhere: extant possibilities begin with Sophocles (Electra 995), Euripides (Medea 359) and Aristophanes (Birds 1570). - 1Aristophanes, Lysistrata 526, with scholion. ↩
- 2Sophocles, Electra 958-9, with scholion. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Dec 2021
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton