Σὺ δὲ μὴ πρὸς ὀργήν
and you not in anger
Translated by David Whitehead30 Jan 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
"[And you not in anger] [...] refute, but gently. To be abusive is not proper for poets, as if they were bread-selling women. You are instantly roaring like a holm-oak that has been set alight." For a holm-oak on fire makes a noise.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σὺ δὲ μὴ πρὸς ὀργήν, ἀλλὰ πραόνως ἔλεγχ', ἐλέγχου. λοιδορεῖσθαι δ' οὐ πρέπει ἄνδρας ποιητάς, ὥσπερ ἀρτοπώλιδας. σὺ δ' εὐθὺς ὥσπερ πρῖνος ἐμπρησθεὶς βοᾷς. καὶ γὰρ ἡ πρῖνος καιομένη ψόφον ποιεῖ.
Betacode
*su\ de\ mh\ pro\s o)rgh/n, a)lla\ prao/nws e)/legx', e)le/gxou. loidorei=sqai d' ou) pre/pei a)/ndras poihta/s, w(/sper a)rtopw/lidas. su\ d' eu)qu\s w(/sper pri=nos e)mprhsqei\s boa=|s. kai\ ga\r h( pri=nos kaiome/nh yo/fon poiei=.
Notes
- Dionysus to Aeschylus in Aristophanes, Frogs 856-859 (here omitting the name of the addressee), with scholion to 859.
For holm-oak cf. pi 2290.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 31 Jan 2014
- x-ref; raised status — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead