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Headword:
*ta\
de\
pri\n
e)/rga
xersi\
me/gist'
a)reta=s
Adler number: tau,17
Translated headword: the prior greatest works of excellence by hands (are) unfriendly to the unfriendly
Vetting Status: high
Translation: That is, the previous greatest works of the excellence of his -- i.e. Ajax's -- hands are [held] in low esteem by the sons of Atreus.
Sophocles [sc. writes this]
*ta\ de\ pri\n e)/rga xersi\ me/gist' a)reta=s, a)/fila par' a)fi/lois: toute/sti ta\ pro/tera me/gista th=s a)reth=s tw=n xeirw=n au)tou= e)/rga, h)/goun tou= *ai)/antos, e)n o)ligwri/a| ei)si\ toi=s *)atrei/dais. *sofoklh=s.
Notes:
A version of
Sophocles,
Ajax 618-620 (exhibiting several differences from the text that most modern editions print, but without much impact on the meaning: see web address 1), with explanation from the
scholia there. The online text omits the last three words of the headword sentence.
For the Atreidai cf.
alpha 4388.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; ethics; mythology; tragedy
Translated by: David Whitehead on 29 September 2013@08:51:10.
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