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Headword: Ἐρρέτω
Adler number: epsilon,2939
Translated headword: let it go [to hell]
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

A curse on it, let it go away.
"Let the war go to hell!" That is, goodbye to it, i.e. we are paying no attention to the war. Aristophanes [says this].

Greek Original:

Ἐρρέτω: οἰμωζέτω, φευγέτω. ὁ πόλεμος ἐρρέτω. τουτέστι χαιρέτω. ὅ ἐστιν οὐδεμίαν φροντίδα τοῦ πολέμου ποιούμεθα. Ἀριστοφάνης.

Note:

Aristophanes, Knights 673 with scholion. However, the verb should actually be ἑρπέτω (see web address 1), 'let the war take its course' -- a phrase which recurs in Lysistrata 129. Apparently the slogan of those Athenians who -- whether in 424 or 411 -- wanted no truck with peace negotiations with Sparta.

Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; history; military affairs; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 11 July 2004@22:41:30.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 12 July 2004@04:10:49.
Catharine Roth (tweaked link) on 6 August 2011@20:16:15.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 7 August 2011@04:47:03.

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