Θεοσέπτου
feared as divine
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Jul 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"Of thunder [...] feared as divine", [meaning of thunder] sent down by the gods, which is somehow divine and revered. "Of thunder bellowing [and] feared as divine."1 Aristophanes in Clouds [sc. says this].1
But Sophocles says: "for a divine disease would come." That is, [one] falling down on someone from a god. [He says this] about the madness of Ajax.2
But Sophocles says: "for a divine disease would come." That is, [one] falling down on someone from a god. [He says this] about the madness of Ajax.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θεοσέπτου· βροντῆς θεοσέπτου, ὑπὸ θεῶν καταπεμφθείσης, θείας τινὸς καὶ τετιμημένης. βροντῆς μυκησαμένης θεοσέπτου. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις. Σοφοκλῆς δὲ λέγει· ἥκοι γὰρ ἂν θεία νόσος. τουτέστιν ἡ ἐκ θεοῦ κατασκήψασα εἴς τινα. περὶ τῆς μανίας Αἴαντος.
Betacode
*qeose/ptou: bronth=s qeose/ptou, u(po\ qew=n katapemfqei/shs, qei/as tino\s kai\ tetimhme/nhs. bronth=s mukhsame/nhs qeose/ptou. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais. *sofoklh=s de\ le/gei: h(/koi ga\r a)\n qei/a no/sos. toute/stin h( e)k qeou= kataskh/yasa ei)/s tina. peri\ th=s mani/as *ai)/antos.
Notes (2)
- The headword adjective is in the genitive singular, extracted from the quotation immediately following.
- 1Aristophanes, Clouds 292 (web address 1), with fuller scholia. ↩
- 2Sophocles, Ajax 186 (web address 2), with scholion. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Jan 2013
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth