Tuesday, March 06, 2018
The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend
Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers 109-111 (tr. Alan H. Sommerstein):
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CHORUS
As you pour, speak good words for those who are friendly.
ELECTRA
And which of those close to me should I designate in that way?
CHORUS
In the first place yourself, and everyone who hates Aegisthus.
ΧΟΡΟΣ
φθέγγου χέουσα κεδνὰ τοῖσιν εὔφροσιν.
ΗΛΕΚΤΡΑ
τίνας δὲ τούτους τῶν φίλων προσεννέπω;
ΧΟΡΟΣ
πρῶτον μὲν αὑτὴν χὤστις Αἴγισθον στυγεῖ.
109 κεδνὰ Hartung: σεμνὰ M
