Wednesday, June 30, 2021

 

Advice from Aristophanes

Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 571 (tr. Jeffrey Henderson):
Stop abusing each other!

παύσασθε λοιδορούμεναι.
But λοιδορούμεναι is feminine. More general is Aristophanes, Clouds 934:
Stop your scrapping and name calling.

παύσασθε μάχης καὶ λοιδορίας.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 6:26 AM


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