Ταῦτα ληρεῖς
are you talking this rubbish?
Translated by David Whitehead2 Jan 2012Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
"[(Why) are you talking this rubbish,] like someone who has fallen from a tomb?" -- "By Zeus, this [sc. girl] here is your Dardanian".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ταῦτα ληρεῖς, ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τύμβου πεσών. νὴ τὸν Δί', αὐτὴ ποῦ 'στι τοίγ' ἡ Δαρδανίς.
Betacode
*tau=ta lhrei=s, w(/sper a)po\ tu/mbou pesw/n. nh\ to\n *di/', au)th\ pou= 'sti toi/g' h( *dardani/s.
Notes
- An exchange between Philokleon and his son Bdelykleon in Aristophanes, Wasps 1370-1371 (here lacking the opening
ti/ ): web address 1.
The phrase "fallen from a tomb" is a comic version of the proverb noted at alpha 3459.
For "Dardanian" cf. generally delta 69.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 3 Jan 2012
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- link, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead