ἄλλα τε λέγων ὅσα ἐν τῷ τοιούτῳ ἤδη τοῦ καιροῦ ὄντες ἄνθρωποι οὐ πρὸς τὸ δοκεῖν τινὶ ἀρχαιολογεῖν φυλαξάμενοι εἴποιεν ἄν,
A literal translation please.
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Richard Ross
thucydides 7 69.2
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Re: thucydides 7 69.2
Richard - in my (fairly literal) translation of Thucydides I've rendered this as:richard ross wrote:ἄλλα τε λέγων ὅσα ἐν τῷ τοιούτῳ ἤδη τοῦ καιροῦ ὄντες ἄνθρωποι οὐ πρὸς τὸ δοκεῖν τινὶ ἀρχαιολογεῖν φυλαξάμενοι εἴποιεν ἄν,
A literal translation please.
Thanks
Richard Ross
'... and mentioning everything else that men would say at such a critical moment [more literally, 'that men who were in such a critical situation as this would say'], not guarding against appearing to anyone to be talking in clichés ...'
I hope this helps; get back to me if you have any queries.
Best wishes,
John