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Headword:
*)en
de/onti
Adler number: epsilon,1162
Translated headword: as needed, when required
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] for usefulness. "It was good work on his part to die, and as needed by the city, or at least before pouring in the relish over us." That is, before throwing us into disorder.
Greek Original:*)en de/onti: e)n tw=| xrhsi/mw|. *)aristofa/nhs: eu)=ge pow=n a)po/lwle, ka)\n de/onti th=| po/lei, h)\ pri/n ge to\n muttwto\n h(mi=n e)gxe/ai. toute/sti pri\n tara/cai h(ma=s.
Note:
Aristophanes,
Peace 271-3 (telescoped: see web address 1), with scholion. The allusion is to the death of Kleon (
kappa 1731) at
Amphipolis in 422 BCE. He and his Spartan opponent Brasidas had been characterized as the pestle and mortar of Greece; hence the culinary joke used here.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; ethics; food; history; imagery; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 2 November 2000@06:20:30.
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