obiter dicta:

(current) christopher counter (pt.1) : 47

let's talk about another well-known anne carson set of three lines, shall we and by talk about i once again mean i am going to share with you a bunch of translations and then you can have a think for yourself and i will do my best to study microbiology

here they are in the original greek:

okay, actually, i want to share a bit more than three, here's the anne carson translation with a few extra lines

lets start with my own translations this time. i came up with three. (i did only translate the three lines bc frankly i don't have the time to do any of this just now)

not going to do a full breakdown of my translations this time but you are very welcome to explore the text for yourself in the original ancient greek with a very convenient word search tool here - it's lines 793-795. if you'd like a very basic breakdown of ancient greek grammar, i refer you back to an earlier post of mine - doesn't explain everything but might be a decent place to start anyway, here's some more translations:

George Theodoridis, 2010

Ian C. Johnston, 2010

Andrew Wilson, 1994

Euripides. The Complete Greek Drama, edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 2. Orestes, translated by E. P. Coleridge. New York. Random House. 1938.

William Arrowsmith, 1958

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