Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Following Orders
Euripides, Phoenician Women 1648-1649 (tr. David Kovacs):
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CREONτἀντεταλμέν᾿ = τὰ ἐντεταλμένα (perfect passive participle of ἐντέλλω).
What? Is it not right to carry out orders?
ANTIGONE
Not if they are bad and badly given.
ΚΡΕΩΝ
πῶς; τἀντεταλμέν᾿ οὐ δίκαιον ἐκπονεῖν;
ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΗ
οὔκ, ἢν πονηρά γ᾿ ᾖ κακῶς τ᾿ εἰρημένα.
1648 ἐκπονεῖν: ἐκτελεῖν codd. aliquot
