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Headword:
Ouk
endon
Adler number: omicron,868
Translated headword: not at home
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "[Not at home], he is at home, if you understand. -- How at home, when not at home? -- Indeed, old man. His mind is out collecting versicles and not at home, but he himself is propped up at home writing a tragedy." He is mocking
Euripides as syllogistic, and providing the opposite of whatever he says. Such as, "the tongue swore, but the mind [was] unsworn."[1] And again [sc. one could interpret the passage]: he himself is inside, but his mind is gathering something from what is outside and and he is flying around. [This is] a Homeric way of speaking: for
Homer distinguished souls from bodies when he said "many strong souls [he sent to Hades], but them he made spoils for the dogs."[2] So too
Aristophanes, when he said "his mind [is] outside, but he himself is inside propped up writing a tragedy." That is, having his feet high. Or lying in an elevated position, or sitting.
Greek Original:Ouk endon, endon estin, ei gnômên echeis. pôs endon, eit' ouk endon; orthôs, ô geron. ho nous men exô sullegôn epullia, ouk endon: autos d' endon anabadên poiei tragôidian: skôptei ton Euripidên hôs sullogistikon, kai hou ean legêi to enantion palin kataskeuazonta. hoion hê glôss' omômoken, hê de phrên anômotos. kai palin, autos men esô estin, ho de nous autou sullogizetai tôn exô ti kai meteôrizetai. Homêrikôs: Homêros gar diôrise tas psuchas pros ta sômata eipôn, pollas d' iphthimous psuchas, eita, autous d' helôria teuchen. houtô kai Aristophanês: eipôn gar, ho nous men exô, epênenken, autos d' endon poiei tragôidian anabadên. toutestin anô tous podas echôn. ê epi hupsêlou topou keimenos, ê kathêmenos.
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Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; epic; imagery; philosophy; poetry; tragedy
Translated by: Ioannis Doukas on 9 August 2010@09:20:14.
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