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Headword:
Ζῆλος
Adler number: zeta,56
Translated headword: jealousy, emulous desire, eager rivalry, honour
Vetting Status: low
Translation: "See the concubine of
Ajax, who was the mightiest man in the army. See what menial tasks she tends to, instead of such a honour!"
Ζῆλος: Σοφοκλῆς: ἴδε τὴν ὁμευνέτιν Αἴαντος, ὃς μέγιστον ἴσχυσε στρατοῦ, οἵας λατρείας ἀνθ' οἵου ζήλου τρέφει.
Notes:
One of the meanings of the noun
ζῆλος , glossed also in
zeta 57.
[1]
Sophocles,
Ajax 503, quoted again at
iota 42 and
lambda 146. The term is used here in a not very frequent sense (honour), although attested in other writers, e.g.
Demosthenes 18.120.
Translated by: Stefano Sanfilippo on 1 June 2005@14:14:01.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (cosmetics, cross-reference, status) on 1 June 2005@15:49:13.
David Whitehead (another x-ref; modified keywords; cosmetics) on 2 June 2005@02:50:19.
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