Monday, July 17, 2023

 

Abhorrent

Sophocles, Antigone 127-128 (tr. R.C. Jebb):
For Zeus utterly abhors the boasts of a proud tongue...

Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους
ὑπερεχθαίρει...
Cf. Euripides, Hecuba 626:
γλώσσης τε κόμποι.



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