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Headword: Eisêgêsainto
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:
Eisêgêsainto: Hêrodotos phêsi peri Persôn touton bouleuesthai ton tropon. ei men oun eisêgêsainto ti nêphontes, bouleuesthai peri toutou en methêi: ei de eisêgêsainto en methêi, touto kuroun nêphontas.
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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