Apologia
IX. i. fingers ( of a goat ) burned ( by her shady bed ) of nettles
ADEIMANTOS: ( we are awoken by-from-under sleep )
o its alright, ma. hineni, hinen —
ϊ , , , Ι , , , ? ( or ) ? , , , . , , , ϊ
we try to pick your brain ( from yawning )-
( by )-( to pink alert ) we aim to warm your heart,
SOKRATES: that( whatever - it )even(-indeed )you( plural ),
ὅτι μὲν ὑμεῖς,
OUTIS: there( where )( hither and thither )
( he sets out )( he starts )( start there, you )
( he comes and goes )( come and go there )
( present, you, return )( they are )( he is )
our many( men )even( indeed )( they )killed
( i - we killed )( to-by-for )( the )sharp( keen - acute -
pointed )( the-)(-he-)copper-bronze( weapon )( coin ),
ἔνθ᾽ ἡμέων πολλοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτανον ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ,
ADEIMANTOS: o why would we, with nobody, start there,
where we ( alleged ) murdered many men
into- and for- and by-man-made metals,
that seems the worst idea. unless uh-oh
would even we ( just a little ) belong to them?
( man-killers? )
SOKRATES: O( we would be )Athenian( city )men,
( O )( we would be )( men )( of the Politeia ),
ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι,
OUTIS: but( they )lead up( take inland )( the )living( men )
( i - we carry by the sea )( conduct )( lift up )
( lead up )( as sacrifice )( the living men ),
( to )work at( make, do, perform )( to-by-for )them
( to-by-for )force( constraint, necessity, compulsion )
( violence, punishment )( by lash or leash on throat ),
τοὺς δ᾽ ἄναγον ζωούς, σφίσιν ἐργάζεσθαι ἀνάγκῃ.
ADEIMANTOS: by sacrificial anima of course.
by violence make uneasy with myself,
their punishment make our comportment worse,
hung star, starker than midnight versus horse.
( its all of a piece ) we come and go by you
( to find reassurance ) a torch
SOKRATES: ( you have )suffered( paschein )
( have had done to you )( paid the penalty )( been ill )
( by )from(-under )( his )my( him-)accusers
( prosecutors )( betrayers )( my public-speakers down-
against ),
πεπόνθατε ὑπὸ τῶν ἐμῶν κατηγόρων,
OUTIS: never( self )theless( to-by-for )me Zeus himself
in(-to )my phrenes( heart, mind, breast, midriff )
thus( in this way )made( created )( wrote )( poetried )
( the )perception( noema, thought, purpose, design ),
αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ Ζεὺς αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ὧδε νόημα
ποίησ᾽—
ADEIMANTOS: o heart, that we desire to see the world.
even my mere-cautious-me desires to see
at least ( just a little ) more, whole earth, of what
else can you show to me, by us, of what
SOKRATES: ( i - we )( havent seen )( do )nt know,
οὐκ οἶδα:
OUTIS: as( we wished we )should( have )die(-d )
and( indeed )met( pursued )( encountered )
my( of himself - itself )destiny in Egypt,
( as they would owe to die )( indeed )( to ply )
( to wield )( to practice )( to apply )( to govern )
( to administer )( to haunt )( to frequent )
( to encounter )( to cope with )( to face )
( the destiny )( of himself )( in the Nile river )
( in the mythical king )( in Aiguptos )
( of the vulture - goat )( backwards - below ),
ὡς ὄφελον θανέειν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν
(275) αὐτοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ:
ADEIMANTOS: ooh his Egyptian scuff ( shivers ) tempts me enough.
( a lot more prepositions this time, ριγητ? )
( and more galactic gender acrobatics ) ( interstellar jelly )
but my oligen me speaks thus, handcuffs
( about things better left alone ),
SOKRATES: but( we-)i(-being )then( therefore )
and( indeed )himself
( by )from( under )himself
forgot( lost thought of )my slight( me ),
ἐγὼ δ᾽ οὖν καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὀλίγου ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπελαθόμην,
OUTIS: for yet now( more )misery
( woe, evil, destruction, mischief, bane )
received( to welcome )( entertain )( admit )
( allow )( give ear to )me,
ἔτι γάρ νύ με πῆμ᾽ ὑπέδεκτο—
ADEIMANTOS: ( but we go poking ) vulnerable earth,
and when nobody sets the woken scene,
it sounds hospitable, his thinking-dream,
he least of sorrows, sings green shelterly. al-
though my other me seems not that into it,
yet using as receptacles excuse
that alls according to the big mans plan
and slips the noose over his horns,
SOKRATES: in this way persuasive
( plausible )( specious )( credible )
( producing illusion )( true to nature )
( creduous )( obedient )( docile )
( we - i - they )were speaking
( the lament )( song of mourning )( elegy ),
οὕτω πιθανῶς ἔλεγον.
OUTIS: neverthe( self )less away( apart-from )( sprung - from )( my she-)head
( i - we )put( the )well-made( she-)helm
( the she-)( shameless - unabashed )( dog-skin )
and( indeed )( the )shield( a goats - hair - sackcloth )
( to-by-for )( my dyad-man-)(-arms-)shoulders,
αὐτίκ᾽ ἀπὸ κρατὸς κυνέην εὔτυκτον ἔθηκα
καὶ σάκος ὤμοιϊν,
ADEIMANTOS: so we separate herself from me
( and hurt myself ) his lease, my deed, but my least
he says her constellation is well-made. and neverthe( self )-
less now, that we would be broken and lame,
would we be shielded by this goat-less-thing,
to-by-for its shame, no one, his human frame,
SOKRATES: and( yet )further( indeed )( to-by-for )( you )
( o she-true )( o he-true )( unconcealed )
( the )true( neuter-it )( unconcealed )at least
as( the )word(-song )( to )speak
no one( nobody )( they )have spoken,
καίτοι ἀληθές γε ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν εἰρήκασιν.
OUTIS: but( the )tree( shoot )( stem )( trunk )
( oar )( mast )( beam )( plank )( shaft )( spear )
( i - we - they )threw out( out - out -)outward
( cast out of )( my )hand,
( cast out, you )( throw out, you )( send forth )( let fall ),
δόρυ δ᾽ ἔκβαλον ἔκτοσε χειρός:
ADEIMANTOS: and our ( fingers burned ) as though by nettles.
and sometimes sacrifice sounds almost good,
or maybe therapeutic by my hoof,
or maybe itch a bunch of hearty greens,
( he muses as hes led up to the mount )
( as maybe we just want to put grief down )
( . . . )
and better burning me than herself maim,
( . . . )
( for which hes ready ) ( for which we trans-
substantiate, to kill: to green, the flame )
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from hymn to Apollo
Apologia
Odyssey XIV