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Headword:
Βλέπειν
γὰρ
ἄντικρυς
δόξεις
μ'
Ἄρη
Adler number: beta,329
Translated headword: for you will think that I look a downright Ares
Vetting Status: high
Translation: In reference to those promising to act with every strength and to muster themselves to aid. You will consider me, he is saying, an
Ares to look at, successful and practical.
Βλέπειν γὰρ ἄντικρυς δόξεις μ' Ἄρη: ἐπὶ τῶν ὑπισχνουμένων παντὶ σθένει πράττειν καὶ συνάρασθαι πρὸς βοήθειαν. δόξεις με, φησίν, Ἄρεα ὁρᾶν κατορθωτικὸν καὶ πρακτικόν.
Notes:
The headword phrase quotes
Aristophanes,
Plutus [
Wealth] 328 (web address 1 below), and the gloss draws on the
scholia there --
Ares standing for martial prowess. (The form of the gloss implies that the line became proverbial, and so it (eventually) did: see
Apostolius 4.98.)
The chorus is parodying tragic phraseology, e.g.
Aeschylus,
Seven Against Thebes 53.
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; ethics; military affairs; mythology; proverbs; religion; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 December 2001@13:10:23.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; added keyword; cosmetics) on 11 December 2001@06:18:38.
Catharine Roth (cosmetic) on 12 December 2001@00:11:24.
Catharine Roth (tweaked link, raised status) on 14 October 2011@01:33:36.
David Whitehead (augmented note; more keywords; tweaks) on 14 October 2011@03:30:14.
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