[25] μὴ λαθόμην; κ.τ.λ. 'have I forgotten what was the thing?' He refers to his dream, which for the moment is blurred in his memory.
χρόνον δ᾽ αἱ νύκτες impatiently; 'the watches of the night are slow.' νύκτες in plural as Arist. Clouds 1 ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον. (τί τὸ χρῆμα χρόνου ταὶ νύκτες here Martini and Wilamowitz-Moellendorf, but we require an exclamation not a question.)Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:
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The Idylls of Theocritus. R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.
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