Re: Epictetus (Diss., II, 20, 19)translation

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 19 1999 - 13:58:27 EST


At 1:46 PM -0600 2/19/99, Tim Kuns wrote:
>Kittels (Vol III, p. 855) refers to the following quote by Epictetus, in a
>discussion of APOKOPTW:
>
>KAI hOI APOKOPTOMENOI TAS GE PROQUMIAS TAS TWN ANDRWN APOKOYASQAI OU
>DUNANTAI
>
>Is it translated?
>
>And the ones emasculating (themselves) willingly, those cut off from
>(among) men have no power

I think rather that the aorist infinitive APOKOYASQAI must construe with OU
DUNANTAI: "And those who emasculate themselves are not able (thereby) to
eliminate successfully (lit. "cut off") the predilections of males ..."

It's interesting how forceful the little particle GE is here--but I can't
think of any way to convey it, unless with an "even so."

Carl W. Conrad
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