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Headword: *qeoi=s te/qnhken ou(=tos ou) kei/noisi
Adler number: theta,192
Translated headword: this man died for the gods (and) not for them
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] at the will of the gods. For the Greeks offered such an explanation for it. Sophocles [is speaking] about Ajax.
Greek Original:
*qeoi=s te/qnhken ou(=tos ou) kei/noisi: qew=n boulome/nwn. oi( ga\r *(/ellhnes th\n toiau/thn au)tw=| ai)ti/an pare/sxon. *sofoklh=s peri\ *ai)/antos.
Notes:
Sophocles, Ajax 970 (web address 1), with a variant version of a scholion thereto; where the Suda has the definite article oi(, the scholion has the negative ou).
'They' are Ajax's (mortal) enemies and detractors, esp. the Atreidai.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: mythology; religion; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 20 July 2007@01:18:23.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 23 July 2007@04:54:04.
David Whitehead (expanded note; cosmetics) on 1 January 2013@05:21:27.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 6 January 2013@23:23:06.
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