Tuesday, September 16, 2025

 

Pants

Aristophanes, Wealth 122 (tr. Jeffrey Henderson):
Maybe, but all I know is that he scares the pants off me.

οὐκ οἶδ᾿· ἐγὼ δ᾿ ἐκεῖνον ὀρρωδῶ πάνυ.
An infelicitous translation — the ancient Greeks didn't wear trousers. ὀρρωδῶ = dread, shrink from.

Related post: Trousers.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 12:44 PM


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