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Headword: *ei)shgh/sainto
Adler number: epsiloniota,262
Translated headword: they were to introduce
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Herodotus says, concerning the Persians, that they deliberate in this manner: if they were to introduce something when sober, they deliberate about this when drunk; but what they might introduce drunk, they validate when sober.
Greek Original:
*ei)shgh/sainto: *(hro/doto/s fhsi peri\ *persw=n tou=ton bouleu/esqai to\n tro/pon. ei) me\n ou)=n ei)shgh/sainto/ ti nh/fontes, bouleu/esqai peri\ tou/tou e)n me/qh|: ei) de\ ei)shgh/sainto e)n me/qh|, tou=to kurou=n nh/fontas.
Note:
Herodotus 1.133.3-4, cited in the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 91; again under omicroniota 136.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; ethics; food; geography; historiography
Translated by: David Whitehead on 11 July 2005@05:43:29.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 11 July 2005@11:33:54.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 27 November 2012@06:41:04.
David Whitehead on 22 April 2016@05:36:13.
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