Friday, August 26, 2022
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum
Aristophanes, Frogs 103-106 (tr. Stephen Halliwell):
K.J. Dover ad loc.:
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HERAKLES. You actually like this stuff?W.B. Stanford ad loc.:
DIONYSOS. It sends me crazy!
HERAKLES. It's a great big con-trick: you know very well that it is.
DIONYSOS. Don’t try to inhabit my mind—just live in your own.
HERAKLES. Everyone can see these things are a load of rubbish.
Ἡρ. σὲ δὲ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει;
Δι. μἀλλὰ πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι.
Ἡρ. ἦ μὴν κόβαλά γ᾽ ἐστίν, ὡς καὶ σοὶ δοκεῖ.
Δι. μὴ τὸν ἐμὸν οἴκει νοῦν· ἔχεις γὰρ οἰκίαν. 105
Ἡρ. καὶ μὴν ἀτεχνῶς γε παμπόνηρα φαίνεται.
