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Headword:
Apotimos
Adler number: alpha,3598
Translated headword: dishonoured
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Thus
Sophocles [writes of] the plague as a "dishonoured god", that is, one not sharing in the honour of the [other] gods. For [it is a characteristic] of gods to do good things for mankind; but this one ruins and destroys.
Apotimos: houtôs Sophoklês apotimon theon ton loimon, toutesti ton mê metechonta tês timês tôn theôn. theôn gar esti to euergetein tous anthrôpous: ho de phtheirei kai apollusin.
Note:
From the
scholia to
Sophocles,
Oedipus Tyrannus 215, where the phrase "the god dishonoured amongst gods" occurs.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 June 2001@12:39:59.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added keyword; cosmetics) on 12 June 2001@03:03:20.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 6 April 2012@05:07:27.
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