Τὸ προσέρπον
what is creeping onward
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Jan 2014Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
[Meaning] that which will happen. Sophocles [writes]: "Alas, I fear what is creeping onward (which is what will happen): in plain sight the man will die."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τὸ προσέρπον· τὸ ἀποβησόμενον. Σοφοκλῆς· ὤμοι, φοβοῦμαι τὸ προσέρπον [ὅ ἐστι τὸ ἀποβησόμενον]· περίφαντος ἀνὴρ θανεῖται.
Betacode
*to\ prose/rpon: to\ a)pobhso/menon. *sofoklh=s: w)/moi, fobou=mai to\ prose/rpon [o(/ e)sti to\ a)pobhso/menon]: peri/fantos a)nh\r qanei=tai.
Notes
- Sophocles, Ajax 227-229 (in a choral passage), with scholion to 227.
Ms F, Adler reports, lacks the initial gloss; GVM lack the inserted comment.
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Revision history1 revision · last 20 Jan 2014
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth