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> Is the author taking playful liberties with the metafictional "translation" here Yes. Unless there is another version of the text, unknown to me, on which th
by Archelaos 3y ago
> Is the author taking playful liberties with the metafictional "translation" here
Yes. Unless there is another version of the text, unknown to me, on which the translation is based, the Ancient Greek sentence reads as follows:
Ἡμῶν δὲ τὴν ἄλογον ἀποθαυμαζόντων ἐρώτησιν καὶ ἐς ἀλλήλους ὁρώντων, διετέλουν πρὸς ὄχλου τῆς ἀποκρίσεως ἕνεκα γινόμενοι.[1]
Literally, I would translate it like this:
"About this illogicality marvelling we asked ourselves and looked at each other and finally gave to the group the following answer."
[1] Source: Prisci Pantitae Fragmenta 8.: Exc. De leg. Rom. 47-71, published in: Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, vol 4., Paris 1851 -- Digital facimile at https://books.google.de/books?id=quBFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA77 https://books.google.de/books?id=quBFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA77 and professional digital transcription at https://www.dfhg-project.org/DFHG/index.php?volume=Volumen%20quartum# https://www.dfhg-project.org/DFHG/index.php?volume=Volumen%2...