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Headword: *tou= kaqh/kontos xro/nou pe/ra
Adler number: tau,817
Translated headword: beyond the suitable time
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
That is, [beyond] the defined [time]; also said is 'beyond the reasonable [time]'.
Greek Original:
*tou= kaqh/kontos xro/nou pe/ra: toute/sti tou= o(risqe/ntos: le/getai de\ kai\ tou= ei)ko/tos pe/ra.
Note:
Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 74-75, with fuller scholia. (Adler cites for comparison P. Jahn, Quaestiones de scholiis Laurentianis in Sophoclem 37.) Both the ei)ko/tos and the kaqh/kontos versions of this phrase occur in the passage: tou= ga\r ei)ko/tos pe/ra / a)/pesti, plei/w tou= kaqh/kontos xro/nou; "for he [Creon [Author, Myth]] has been away an unreasonably long time / beyond what is fitting."
Keywords: definition; ethics; mythology; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 7 February 2014@01:08:28.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (tweaked tr and note; more keywords; raised status) on 7 February 2014@03:24:17.


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