then I tried to demonstrate to him that while he imagined he was wise, he wasn't. Because politicians react so well to that sort of thing...
I've always liked the Apology; there's something impressive about his complete inability to stop snarking even if his life depends on it. Phocion at least waited till all was lost before making quips.
Could you explain to a confused non-Classicist why the vocative is usually rendered, "O so-and-so," instead of just by setting it off with commas? The only inflected language I know has lost the vocative case, so I've never translated it. It seems like it would be more natural as, "For I, Athenian men, through nothing else," but I could be missing something.
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Because politicians react so well to that sort of thing...
I've always liked the Apology; there's something impressive about his complete inability to stop snarking even if his life depends on it. Phocion at least waited till all was lost before making quips.
Could you explain to a confused non-Classicist why the vocative is usually rendered, "O so-and-so," instead of just by setting it off with commas? The only inflected language I know has lost the vocative case, so I've never translated it. It seems like it would be more natural as, "For I, Athenian men, through nothing else," but I could be missing something.