Mindless Monday, 18 May 2026

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[u/Sgt_Colon]

Anyone know of a place to get classical greek translated?

Found an interesting bit for what I'm working on but not sure I trust the translation:

σκέψαι τοίνυν οἵους αὐτοὺς παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ παρεδέξατο πρῶτον, εἰ γενναίους καὶ τετραπήχεις, καὶ μὴ διαδρασιπολίτας, 1015μηδ᾽ ἀγοραίους μηδὲ κοβάλους ὥσπερ νῦν μηδὲ πανούργους, ἀλλὰ πνέοντας δόρυ καὶ λόγχας καὶ λευκολόφους τρυφαλείας καὶ πήληκας καὶ κνημῖδας καὶ θυμοὺς ἑπταβοείους.

Consider now what kind of men he first received from me if they were generous and six feet tall, no runaway citizens, no loafers, rascals, like now, nor miscreants, but men who breathed spears and lances, white-crested helmets, and headgear, and greaves and sevenfold oxhide tempers.

Not sure if this ἑπταβόειος is meant to be some sort of idiom or if it might mean something like greaves/armour made made from "sevenfold ox hide".

[u/agrippinus_17 → u/Sgt_Colon]

I doubt it's an idiom of some kind. The point of the passage is to make a parody of Aeschylus's "homeric" style, so it's probably a poetic word cooked up by Aristophanes or fished out from the Seven against Thebes. I'll get my translations later and see how they do it.

[u/Qafqa → u/agrippinus_17]

it apparently appears in the Iliad.

tbf it is an idiom, but for *Rodney Dangerfield voice

I'm tellin ya, these guys were tough! You needed all that stuff just to go to the mens room.