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What's the meaning of "nai gar"?
Yes, it's Greek. The expression is ναὶ γάρ.
ναί is an adverb used to express affirmation, though LSJ's suggestion of 'yea' or 'verily' as a translation is probably a bit grandiloquent. It's also the ...
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Uppercase “God” in translations of Greek plays
There are two things going on here.
One, sometimes the translators are being liberal with their translations, such as your first example.
οἱ δὲ σὺν γήρᾳ βαρεῖς,
ἱερῆς, ἐγὼ μὲν Ζηνός
As you can see, ...
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What is the translation of this quote by Plato?
This is a horribly garbled transcription of one of Plato's epigrams. Based on the strange images in the text and the nonsensical substitution of τ for ι (for instance), it seems likely that this was ...
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How to find the transliteration of a (Attic) Greek word?
There isn't really such a thing as the transliteration of a Greek word—there are a few different transliteration conventions in common use. The main one you'll see is a kind of informal standard ...
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Uppercase “God” in translations of Greek plays
I've just pulled out my copy of Sophocles' Theban Plays, translated by E. F Watling, Penguin Classics. I'll paraphrase his notes on names of deities.
"God": the "great invisible source ...
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How to find the transliteration of a (Attic) Greek word?
You probably want beta code. This was the default way of representing Greek since the 80s, and it was even used by the TLG, the default ancient Greek digital search tool.
You can see TLG's official ...
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