Sunday, October 23, 2022
Phrygians v. Thracians
Menander, The Shield 241-244 (tr. Norma Miller):
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WAITER: Where d'you come from?
DAOS: From Phrygia.
WAITER: Then you're no good, you're a queer. Only Thracians are real men. Getans — God, what heroes!
(Τρ) ποταπός ποτ' εἶ;
(Δα) Φρύξ. (Τρ) οὐδὲν ἱερόν· ἀνδρόγυνος. ἡμεῖς μόνοι
οἱ Θρᾶικές ἐσμεν ἄνδρες· οἱ μὲν δὴ Γέται,
Ἄπολλον, ἀνδρεῖον τὸ χρῆμα.
