Σοφοὶ τύραννοι τῇ τῶν σοφῶν συνουσίᾳ
tyrants (are) wise in associating with wise men
Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Σοφοὶ τύραννοι τῇ τῶν σοφῶν συνουσίᾳ.
Betacode
*sofoi\ tu/rannoi th=| tw=n sofw=n sunousi/a|.
Notes
- Sophocles fr. 14 Radt, quoted in the scholia to Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 21; cf. Zenobius 5.98.
Adler notes that Kuster deletedth=| here, on the basis of comparison with Zenobius (and indeed meter).
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Revision history5 revisions · last 30 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- typo — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- modified translation, augmented note — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead