Τοῦ καθήκοντος χρόνου πέρα
beyond the suitable time
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Feb 2014Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
That is, [beyond] the defined [time]; also said is 'beyond the reasonable [time]'.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τοῦ καθήκοντος χρόνου πέρα· τουτέστι τοῦ ὁρισθέντος· λέγεται δὲ καὶ τοῦ εἰκότος πέρα.
Betacode
*tou= kaqh/kontos xro/nou pe/ra: toute/sti tou= o(risqe/ntos: le/getai de\ kai\ tou= ei)ko/tos pe/ra.
Notes
- Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 74-75, with fuller scholia. (Adler cites for comparison P. Jahn, Quaestiones de scholiis Laurentianis in Sophoclem 37.) Both the
ei)ko/tos and thekaqh/kontos versions of this phrase occur in the passage:tou= ga\r ei)ko/tos pe/ra /a)/pesti, plei/w tou= kaqh/kontos xro/nou ; "for he [Creon [Author, Myth]] has been away an unreasonably long time / beyond what is fitting."
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Revision history1 revision · last 7 Feb 2014
- tweaked tr and note; more keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth