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Headword:
Alla
tauta
men
rheitô
kat'
ouron
Adler number: alpha,1084
Translated headword: but let these things flow on a fair wind
Vetting Status: high
Translation: ["But let these things flow on a fair wind;] to you, though, I say be bad to others, but to me always avoid untruths."
Greek Original:Alla tauta men rheitô kat' ouron soi d' egô phrazô kakon pros allon einai, pros de m' apseudein aei.
Note:
Headword-phrase and "gloss" alike come from
Sophocles,
Trachiniae 467-469 (web address 1); cf.
omicron 953. The "you" addressed, as Deianeira refocuses her attention on the immediate situation, is Lichas the herald.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: ethics; imagery; poetry; tragedy; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 November 2000@00:27:32.
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