GAIA, she - dyad earth.
\nKUKNEION, a swan.
\nBETA DUCK( Ἀνὴρ Β ), a duck, of duck - dyad ( ? ).
\nALPHA DUCK( Ἀνὴρ Α ), another duck, of duck - dyad ( ? ).
\nTRAGOS, a goat.
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\nGAIA:
\n{ we used to imagine }
\nwe would summon you.
BETA DUCK:
\n( we )( will )( beauty - )call( summon )
\n( we are beauty - calling and summoning )
\n( to us )( to our house )( invite )( invoke )
\n( summon before the court )( sue )
\n( calling upon )( calling by name )
\nherselves( accused ),
\nκαλούμεθ᾽ αὐτάς.
KUKNEION:
\nas usual they ( ducks ) want to help,
\nbut how did they come to be
\nso ( hyper - active ) nominative ?
\ndo you know how, O goat ?
TRAGOS:
\n( they )have filled full of yous( your - plural )
\n( of your )( hims - hers - its )( genitive )
\nthe( she - dyad )( its )ears( voc - nom - acc )
and( indeed )long ago
\n( o she - nuggets - nom )( to - by - for )( she - nugget )( of gold ? )
\n( o she - wrestlings )( to - by - for )( she - wrestling )( battle ? )
\n( o she - finest meals )( to - by - for )( she - finest meal )( fine dust ? )
\n( she would poise )( sway )( brandish )( toss )( shake lots )
\n( be shaken and shook, you ! )( vibrate ! )
and( indeed )violently( vehemently )( excessively )
\n( men - nom )throwing - through( throwing - across )
\n( setting at variance )( setting against )( bringing to discredit )
\n( calumniating )( accusing )( complaining )( misrepresenting )
\n( slandering )( laying blame ).
ἐμπεπλήκασιν ὑμῶν
\nτὰ ὦτα
\nκαὶ πάλαι
\nκαὶ σφοδρῶς διαβάλλοντες.
GAIA:
\nand { what wed want to teach you }
\ncant be thrown - through violently
\nor yelled in the imperative.
\nbut sometimes laughter helps,
ALPHA DUCK:
\nbut if( see ! )( we say )( its we )( theyre we )( we are )( <.< )
\n( they )( would )( will )laugh at( scornfully )( mock )
\n( to - by - for )( hims and its )( laughing -
\ndownwards - against )( derisions ),
\nwhat( it - thing )( then ) ?
ἢν δὲ καταγελῶσι, τί;
\nKUKNEION:
\nwe ( did some research ) looked in our pond
\nand swans arent very funny.
\nso where would the laughter come from ?
TRAGOS:
\nout of( forth from )these( shes, hes, its )
and( indeed )Meletos( man - nom )
\n( youthful )( of a she - ship )( an unknown - nom )
\n( chaste tree - accused )( vessel of the god and goddess ? )
\n( τετανότριχα )( he - she - accused )( of long - straight hair )
\n( strained )( aimed )( string )( not well - bearded )( yet beaky )
\n( and as accused )( it - dyad )( would be an object of care )
\n( you - dyad )( would be an object of care )
\n( Euthuphron 2β )( to - by - for )me
(it )would put me on himself( put me on his table )
\n( give fulfilment by me )( put me on him like a door )
\n( place me on him )( apply me like a remedy )
\n( lay me on him )( apply myself to him )
\n( employ himself by me )( shut doors
\nbehind us by me )( put a covering or closing
\nby me )( attempt me )( attack himself
\nby me )( take advantage ! )( bring me
\non himself )( cause by me his penalty )
and( indeed )Anutos( man - nom )
\n( of fathers wisdom - wealthy flourishing blooms )
\n( neither flashy )( nor puffed - up )( nor braying )
\n( yet carries a burden )( a grievous load )
\n( yet would be led along )( and sprinkled )
\n( well - ordered )( moderate )( well - equipped )
\n( well - reared )( well - thickened - congealed )( educated )
\n( as it seems to the multitude of Politeans )( Meno 90α - β )
\n( made participial )( adding energy )( anutontes )
\n( he - nom )( achieving )( accomplishing )( completing )
and( indeed )( o )Lukon( of - wolves )( hims )
\n( they were tearing like a wolf )( we were tearing like a wolf )
\n( its - voc - nom - acc )( o he - nom )( tearing like a wolf )
\n( to tear like a wolf ),
ἐκ τούτων καὶ Μέλητός μοι ἐπέθετο καὶ Ἄνυτος καὶ Λύκων,
\nGAIA:
\nwe almost explained a wolf
\n{ then caught myself and felt shame }
\nas thats what he would do,
BETA DUCK:
\nupon( at )( over - against )( in dependence upon )
\nthe( she )double - folding doors
\n( o man - nom )having made a stand,
(865) ἐπὶ ταῖς θύραις ἑστώς—
\nKUKNEION:
\neven indeed the wolf
\nshares this with me,
\nalso shared by poetry,
TRAGOS:
\neven( indeed )Meletos( man - nom )
\n( care )( practice )( study )( beaky )
over( above )( on behalf of )( in defense of )( for the safety of )
\nthe( shes - hes - its - gen )poets( makers )( doers )
\n( of made )( adopted )( invented )( shes and hes and its )
\n( let the it - dyad - imperative - make and do )
\n( let them - imperative - make and do )
( he - nom )being( loaded )weighed - down
\n( in pain or grief )( being loaded with cargo
\non board )( vexed )( grieved ),
Μέλητος μὲν ὑπὲρ τῶν ποιητῶν ἀχθόμενος,
\nGAIA:
\nhim - letting - it - dyad make and do
\nshe - suffering will out. thats how
\na { silly girl } would make and do
ALPHA DUCK:
\nsome( it - voc - nom - acc )
( o shes - nom - accused )( she - strengths )( she - efficacies )
\n( she - sacrifices )( she - active forces of a verb )
\n( she - acts )( she - visions )
will( would )( you )do( accomplish )( some great thing ) ?
\n( will - would you offer sacrifice )( perform mystical rites ? )
( o he - weight of the mountain on the Typhon )
\n( o he - little - piece of mouse - trap - wood )
\n( o he - worm that eats both horn and wood )
\nspeak( say, you )( it speaks )
\n( to - by - for )me,
τί δράσεις; εἰπέ μοι.
\nKUKNEION:
\nbut wed do all of that with grace.
TRAGOS:
\nbut Anutos( man - nom )( achieving )( accomplishing )( completing )
\n( over )( above )on behalf of( in defense of )( for the safety of )
\nthe( shes - hes - its - gen )workers - for - the - people( hims )
\n( demiourgoi )( skilled workmen )( craftsmen )( creators )( makers )
\n( he - nom )( practicing a trade )( doing work )
and( indeed )of the( shes - hes - its - gen )political( people )
\n( gen - shes and hes and its )( citizens )( civil men
\nand women and men )( community people )( be -
\nfitting a statesman )( of shes and hes and them )
\n( having relation to public life )( ordinary ),
Ἄνυτος δὲ ὑπὲρ τῶν δημιουργῶν καὶ (24α) τῶν πολιτικῶν,
\nGAIA:
\ngo learn from all of them their skills.
\nthen use it for the good of the people.
\n{ thinking youd even want that }
\nits offering open appeals,
BETA DUCK:
\nof( shes and hes and its - gen )the( of its and hims )bringing( it )in
\n( before )( facing )( introducing )( contributing )( paying
\nthe property - tax )( bringing - forward )( proposing )
\n( e.g. of political measures )
( let them be - imperative - bringing - forward )( facing )
\n( we will )would have( it )torn( from our arms )
\n( overpowered )( overmastered )( stollen )( grasped )
\nthe( she - dyad )( its )grain( corn )( bread )
\n( food )( provisions )( fodder ).
τῶν ἐσφερόντων ἁρπάσομαι τὰ σιτία.
\nKUKNEION:
\nbut we dont private property
\nso nobody hears what we say.
\nor if they do, they take and use
\nillusions for their private purposes.
TRAGOS:
\nbut( o )Lukon( of - wolves )( hims )
\n( they were tearing like a wolf )( we were tearing like a wolf )
\n( its - voc - nom - acc )( o he - nom )( tearing like a wolf )
\n( to tear like a wolf )
over( above )( on behalf of )( in defense of )( for the safety of )
\nthe( shes - hes - its - gen )public-( men )-speakers( rhetoricians )
\n( the ones in the ekklesia ),
Λύκων δὲ ὑπὲρ τῶν ῥητόρων:
\nGAIA:
\nhow else would you manage the public
\nthan by treating them like sheep ?
\nhow else would you help people learn ?
\nwe used to imagine you would never learn.
\n{ but there you are taking notes }
\non our secret we - being behaviors.
\neven though we never told you to,
\nwe only hinted that you might
ALPHA DUCK:
\nwalk( go by land )( by sea )( go, you )( its going )
\n( to - by - for you )( now )therefore( accordingly )( well then )
\n( the )later( coming after )( behind )( posterior )( man - nom ),
βάδιζε τοίνυν ὕστερος:
\nKUKNEION:
\nwe - swans, by nature, go both
\nacross water and over land.
\nalthough on land we waddle,
TRAGOS:
\nso that( so as )( as being )( inasmuch as )
\n( as to )( express the actual or intended result
\nof the action in the principle clause )( and so )
\n( therefore )( in order that )( for ),
ὥστε,
\nGAIA:
\nits tedious to waddle around a pond.
\nbut imaginations born { of the silliest things }
\nlovely and weird and funny too, random
\nand yet not altogether new,
ALPHA DUCK:
\nbut you( nom )O( we would be )Sikon
\n( a squeamish - fastidious - sort of )( man - nom ? )
\n( a cucumber or gourd )( acting like a Sicilian ? )
and( indeed )Parmenon( man - nom )( standing by )
\n( staying beside )( remaining )( enduring )( lasting )
\n( standing ones ground )( standing fast )
\n( surviving )( remaining alive )
lift( take up for itself )( what is its own )
\n( carry off and win, you ! )( be puffed up, you ! )
\n( youre raising )( lifting )( stirring - up )
\n( taking upon itself )( undergoing )( removing )
the( her - accused )whole of( her )possessions
\n( properties )( acquisitions ),
σὺ δ᾽ ὦ Σίκων
\nκαὶ Παρμένων αἴρεσθε τὴν παμπησίαν.
KUKNEION:
\nas swan carries earth, so earth carries swan.
\nwe graze on pondweed at the muddy edges
\nof a lake, and sometimes bite a bug or snail.
\nswans havent changed in years. yet too
\ntheres something marvelous in everything
\nas swans ( she - dyad )( its ) we do,
TRAGOS:
\n( it )which
( he-)first( ruling )( making a beginning of )
\n( taking the lead )( governing )( commanding )
( we-)i(-being )say( we say and speak )
\n( they say and speak )( we - they )( gather )
\n( choose )( count, tell )( recount, tell over )
\n( repeat )( maintain and mean )
( the he - song of mourning )( lament )( the elegy ),
\nὅπερ ἀρχόμενος ἐγὼ ἔλεγον,
\nGAIA:
\nits part of me, yet were not part of it.
\nso that some things { we choose to share } sometimes,
\nlike swan - song,
BETA DUCK:
\n( its )carrying( carry, you ! )now( we - )i( - being )
( to - by - for )you
\n( we )( would )bring together( gather )( collect )
\n( contribute )( bear along with )( bear jointly )
\n( be useful )( be profitable )( do some good )
\n( work with )( agree with )( assist )
\n( carry - together ),
φέρε νυν ἐγώ σοι ξυμφέρω.
\nKUKNEION:
\nwe carrying the song together
\nwould be beautiful,
TRAGOS:
\n( we would )wonder( marvel )( honor )( admire )( worship )
\nif( thereupon )( spreading all over )( throughout )
\nwhether( you come )( and go into )( you are we )
\nsuch( man - nom )as( you - accused ),
θαυμάζοιμ᾽ ἂν εἰ οἷός
\nKUKNEION:
\nwe would wonder at that ( you ) too,
TRAGOS:
\nand would( we )be( we )( to suffer )( to permit )
\n( to leave alone )( to let be )( we - )ego( - being )of you
\n( you )( gen - plural )( of shes and hes and its ),
τ᾽ εἴην ἐγὼ ὑμῶν
\nKUKNEION:
\nnot my we at least,
TRAGOS:
\nthis( she - accused )the( she - accused )slander( she - thrown - through )
\n( she - false accusation )( she - discredit )( she - prejudice against )
\n( she - ill - repute )( she - quarrel )( she - enmity )
\n( she - fear )( she - aversion ),
ταύτην τὴν διαβολὴν
\nKUKNEION:
\nwere only ultra - violet in she - defense,
TRAGOS:
\nto take out( for oneself )( to choose for oneself )
\n( to carry off as booty )( to have accepted as a gift )
\n( to remove her from our mind )( from our hands )
\n( to set free )( to deliver )( to bring to an end )\n,
ἐξελέσθαι
\nKUKNEION:
\nthe rearing of our young into adulthood,
TRAGOS:
\nin this way in( him - it )slight( him )time( dat )
\nso( in this way )much( great )( mighty )( she - accused )
\n( she - accused )having( coming - into - being )
\nbeing - born( of her ),
ἐν οὕτως ὀλίγῳ χρόνῳ οὕτω πολλὴν γεγονυῖαν.
\nGAIA:
\nand some verses we leave to you.
KUKNEION:
\nwe sigh. ( . . . ) only my mother
\nwould let me conversate with goats.
//
\nfrom hymn to Apollo
\nApologia
\nOdyssey XIV
\nEkklesiazusai