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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Nikos Kaxtitsis | | Greek term or phrase: σαν καμμία νέα Ιοκάστη | | Although I understand the metaphor do we have a similar expression in English or do I just translate word for word? |
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| | English translation:as another Jocasta | Explanation:
νομίζω ότι δουλεύει έτσι μια χαρά...
εάν θέλεις να το κάνεις πιο ξεξάθαρο, ίσως και as another tragic Jocasta...
«Ώστε τραυματιστήκατε; Πω, πω, θεούλη μου», έκανε η Ευρυδίκη σαν καμία νέα Ιοκάστη. «Δεν μπορώ ν’ ακούω τέτοιες ιστορίες, ραγίζεται η καρδιά μου». (Όπως και πράγματι, νομίζω, είναι ευαίσθητη). «Ήταν σοβαρό το πλήγωμα; Σας στείλανε αμέσως στο νοσοκομείο; Σας πονούσε πολύ;» συνέχισε, με τη γεύση τραύματος στο υγρό της στόμα, όπως καμιά φορά γευόμαστε χυμό λεμονιού, αδιάλυτο.
http://www.sarantakos.com/kibwtos/mazi/kaxtitshs_enupnio.htm...
Jocasta, symbol of woman has been chosen to suffer the ultimate trial, to become the mother of her son 's children, only to see him blinded and exiled under ...
www.mikis-theodorakis.net/mikant-e.html -
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Note added at 33 λεπτά (2010-01-18 14:58:28 GMT)
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Σε αυτό το κείμενο η έκφραση δουλεύει ωραία:
"...Adoption and birthdays - they were the seeds, Lewis, and it must have been the most traumatic shock of her whole life when the terrible truth dawned on her: Michael Murdoch was her own son. And as the implications whirled round in her mind, she must have seen the whole thing in terms of the fates marking her out as another Jocasta. Everything fitted. Her husband had been killed - killed in a road accident - killed by her own son - a son with whom she'd been having sex - a son who was the father of the child she was expecting..."
http://forum.burek.com/colin-dexter-kolin-dekster-t46853.80....
ίσως τελικά και στο δικό σου, η ηρωίδα να έχει κάποια στοιχεία της Ιοκάστης, οπότε γιατί να αλλάξεις την επιλογή του συγγραφέα; |
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Local time: 05:06
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22 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 as another Jocasta
Explanation:
νομίζω ότι δουλεύει έτσι μια χαρά...
εάν θέλεις να το κάνεις πιο ξεξάθαρο, ίσως και as another tragic Jocasta...
«Ώστε τραυματιστήκατε; Πω, πω, θεούλη μου», έκανε η Ευρυδίκη σαν καμία νέα Ιοκάστη. «Δεν μπορώ ν’ ακούω τέτοιες ιστορίες, ραγίζεται η καρδιά μου». (Όπως και πράγματι, νομίζω, είναι ευαίσθητη). «Ήταν σοβαρό το πλήγωμα; Σας στείλανε αμέσως στο νοσοκομείο; Σας πονούσε πολύ;» συνέχισε, με τη γεύση τραύματος στο υγρό της στόμα, όπως καμιά φορά γευόμαστε χυμό λεμονιού, αδιάλυτο.
http://www.sarantakos.com/kibwtos/mazi/kaxtitshs_enupnio.htm...
Jocasta, symbol of woman has been chosen to suffer the ultimate trial, to become the mother of her son 's children, only to see him blinded and exiled under ...
www.mikis-theodorakis.net/mikant-e.html -
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Note added at 33 λεπτά (2010-01-18 14:58:28 GMT)
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Σε αυτό το κείμενο η έκφραση δουλεύει ωραία:
"...Adoption and birthdays - they were the seeds, Lewis, and it must have been the most traumatic shock of her whole life when the terrible truth dawned on her: Michael Murdoch was her own son. And as the implications whirled round in her mind, she must have seen the whole thing in terms of the fates marking her out as another Jocasta. Everything fitted. Her husband had been killed - killed in a road accident - killed by her own son - a son with whom she'd been having sex - a son who was the father of the child she was expecting..."
http://forum.burek.com/colin-dexter-kolin-dekster-t46853.80....
ίσως τελικά και στο δικό σου, η ηρωίδα να έχει κάποια στοιχεία της Ιοκάστης, οπότε γιατί να αλλάξεις την επιλογή του συγγραφέα;
| Panagiotis Andrias
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