Τὸ φέρον ἐκ θεοῦ καλῶς φέρειν χρή

what bears from a god one must bear well

Translated by Catharine Roth26 May 2011Vetting: high4 revisions

12 words

That is, what is sent from a god one must bear nobly.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τὸ φέρον ἐκ θεοῦ καλῶς φέρειν χρή· τουτέστι τὸ ἐκ θεοῦ πεμφθὲν γενναίως φέρειν χρή.

Betacode

*to\ fe/ron e)k qeou= kalw=s fe/rein xrh/: toute/sti to\ e)k qeou= pemfqe\n gennai/ws fe/rein xrh/.

Notes

A version of Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1694 (where the text is disputed: see web address 1 for one version), with the gloss of the scholia there; again under phi 222.
Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.118, with versions that do not explicitly mention the gods.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

φ222Φέρεινto bear[Meaning] to receive/take. Aristophanes in Acharnians: "you sent us to the Great King, bearing a salary of [two] drakhmai a day." Menander in Olynthia: "bearing four obols a day with Aristoteles." And misthophoros…

Neighbouring entries

τ845Τοὖψονthe relish[-market]τ846Τοὖψον ὀπτόνbaked relish τ847Τὸ φέρον ἐκ θεοῦ καλῶς φέρειν χρήwhat bears from a god one must bear well τ848Τόφραup to that time τ849Τὸ χρεώνnecessity

Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Sep 2022

20 Sep 2022another keyword — Catharine Roth
14 Aug 2012another note — David Whitehead
15 Aug 2011tweaked note — David Whitehead
26 May 2011x-ref; tweaks — David Whitehead
26 May 2011Translated — Catharine Roth