Translation of Chrysostom's 'Propter fornicationes autem unu
Posted: September 4th, 2013, 9:52 am
I am trying to translate a line in Chrysostom's 'Propter fornicationes autem unusquisque':
Οὐ γὰρ διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθεν ἡ γυνὴ πρὸς σὲ, καὶ πατέρα καὶ μητέρα ἐγκατέλιπε καὶ τὸν οἶκον ἅπαντα, ἵνα καθυβρίζηται, ἵνα θεραπαινίδιον εὐτελὲς ἐπεισ άγῃς αὐτῇ, ἵνα μυρίους ποιῇς πολέμους, συνέμπορον ἔλαβες, καὶ κοινωνὸν τοῦ βίου, καὶ ἐλευθέραν, καὶ ὁμότιμον.
My attempt:
It was not for this that [your] wife came to you and forsook [her] father and mother and all [her] house, that she might be treated despitefully, that you might take/go off with a 'cheap' slave-girl..[with songs to her?] , that you might [have] countless fights/quarrels.. you took a companion, and a partner of life, and a free woman, and one who is of equal honour.
Have I got the right general sense, at least? I would expect a full stop after πολέμους. Could anyone explain?
Andrew
Οὐ γὰρ διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθεν ἡ γυνὴ πρὸς σὲ, καὶ πατέρα καὶ μητέρα ἐγκατέλιπε καὶ τὸν οἶκον ἅπαντα, ἵνα καθυβρίζηται, ἵνα θεραπαινίδιον εὐτελὲς ἐπεισ άγῃς αὐτῇ, ἵνα μυρίους ποιῇς πολέμους, συνέμπορον ἔλαβες, καὶ κοινωνὸν τοῦ βίου, καὶ ἐλευθέραν, καὶ ὁμότιμον.
My attempt:
It was not for this that [your] wife came to you and forsook [her] father and mother and all [her] house, that she might be treated despitefully, that you might take/go off with a 'cheap' slave-girl..[with songs to her?] , that you might [have] countless fights/quarrels.. you took a companion, and a partner of life, and a free woman, and one who is of equal honour.
Have I got the right general sense, at least? I would expect a full stop after πολέμους. Could anyone explain?
Andrew