Saturday, March 09, 2024
Unwelcome Words
Euripides, Andromache 189-190 (tr. David Kovacs):
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For those whose pride and position are great do not take kindly to hearing from their inferiors arguments that defeat them.
οἱ γὰρ πνέοντες μεγάλα τοὺς κρείσσους λόγους
πικρῶς φέρουσι τῶν ἐλασσόνων ὕπο.
190 ὕπο codd.: ἄπο Hermann