Wednesday, April 15, 2020

 

I Know the Man

Euripides, Cyclops 104 (tr. Patrick O'Sullivan and Christopher Collard):
I know the man, a shrill, relentless babbler...

οἶδ' ἄνδρα, κρόταλον δριμύ...
Liddell-Scott-Jones, s.v. δριμύ, sense III, citing this line, translate "keen, shrewd," but Odysseus' response in the next line (λοιδόρει δὲ μή = don't revile me) indicates that δριμύ should be understood pejoratively.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 7:47 AM


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