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The Gods Are Athirst
Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Lemma.
Applied to a text, nerveux means forceful, vigorous or sinewy, not anxious. Gamelin imagines the Greek original more sinewy and differently accented than the old translation, then seeks a word-by-word explanation. The adjective belongs to his expectation of verbal energy, not to a clinical claim about the author or a character.
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- Chapter VII, paragraph 7Frenchle texte original plus nerveux: The original text more sinewy. Gamelin’s dissatisfaction with the translation prompts direct linguistic inquiry.