Saturday, June 25, 2022
I'm Vexed and Grieved
Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 174-179 (tr. Stephen Halliwell):
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I'm vexed and grieved to seeR.G. Ussher ad loc.:
The poor condition the city's affairs are in.
I notice how she always has as leaders
The rotten types. If one of them is decent
For one whole day, he's rotten then for ten!
If you switch to another, he'll only make things worse.
ἄχθομαι δὲ καὶ φέρω
τὰ τῆς πόλεως ἅπαντα βαρέως πράγματα. 175
ὁρῶ γὰρ αὐτὴν προστάταισι χρωμένην
ἀεὶ πονηροῖς. κἄν τις ἡμέραν μίαν
χρηστὸς γένηται, δέκα πονηρὸς γίγνεται.
ἐπέτρεψας ἑτέρῳ· πλείον᾿ ἔτι δράσει κακά.
175 ἅπαντα codd.: σαπέντα Palmer: παρόντα Jackson
