Τί δ' ἄλλο Μεγαροῖ
what else at Megara?
Translated by David Whitehead26 Mar 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[This] leaves out the [phrase] "other than this eagerness to destroy us".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τί δ' ἄλλο Μεγαροῖ· λείπει τό, ἢ τοῦτο τὸ ἀπολέσαι ἡμᾶς σπουδάζειν;
Betacode
*ti/ d' a)/llo *megaroi=: lei/pei to/, h)\ tou=to to\ a)pole/sai h(ma=s spouda/zein;
Notes
- Aristophanes, Acharnians 758 (web address 1), with scholion. The question is put by the protagonist Dikaiopolis, to a hard-up Megarian who has come to Athens to sell his small daughters in the guise of piglets.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead