Friday, September 20, 2019
Lost in Translation
Sophocles, Women of Trachis 1040-1043 (tr. Hugh Lloyd-Jones):
ὠκυπέτᾳ = swift-flying
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O delighful Hades!αὐθαίμων = of the same blood
Ah, ah,
O brother of Zeus, put me to sleep, put me to sleep,
with a swift death killing the miserable one!
ὦ γλυκὺς Ἅιδας,
<ἒ ἔ.>
ὦ Διὸς αὐθαίμων, εὔνασον εὔνασον μ᾽
ὠκυπέτᾳ μόρῳ τὸν μέλεον φθίσας.
1041 suppl. Dain
ὠκυπέτᾳ = swift-flying
