Ἀνδραποδώδη τρίχα
slavish hair
Translated by Jennifer Benedict27 Oct 2000Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the haircut specifically of slaves, which the slave women and men in Athens used to change after they had been emancipated.1
"And it was [possible] to hear these things when many men were gathered together, not having suppressed their sufferings, but still, they say, displaying the slavish hair."2
"And it was [possible] to hear these things when many men were gathered together, not having suppressed their sufferings, but still, they say, displaying the slavish hair."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνδραποδώδη τρίχα· τὴν τῶν ἀνδραπόδων ἰδίως κουρὰν, ἣν ἀπελευθερωθέντες ἤλλασσον Ἀθήνησιν αἱ δοῦλαί τε καὶ δοῦλοι. καὶ ἦν ταῦτα ἀκούειν πολλῶν συνειλεγμένων ἀνδρῶν, οὐδὲ τὰ πάθη κατεσταλμένων, ἀλλ' ἔτι τὴν ἀνδραποδώδη τρίχα, φασὶν, ἐπιδεικνυμένων.
Betacode
*)andrapodw/dh tri/xa: th\n tw=n a)ndrapo/dwn i)di/ws koura\n, h(\n a)peleuqerwqe/ntes h)/llasson *)aqh/nhsin ai( dou=lai/ te kai\ dou=loi. kai\ h)=n tau=ta a)kou/ein pollw=n suneilegme/nwn a)ndrw=n, ou)de\ ta\ pa/qh katestalme/nwn, a)ll' e)/ti th\n a)ndrapodw/dh tri/xa, fasi\n, e)pideiknume/nwn.
Notes (1)
- [1] Same material in Photius, and in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; prompted by Plato, Alcibiades 1.120B; see already under alpha 2156.↩
- 2Quotation unidentifiable.
Linked from3 entries
- α2154ἈνδραποδίζωI enslave, I reduce to slavery[Used] with an accusative. "The barbarians annulled the agreements and openly enslaved the alliance". Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)ndrapodismo/s ["enslavery"], [meaning] captivity. Also [sc. attested is]…
- α2155Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλοςslave-dealer, slave-seller[Meaning a] trafficker of [= in] slaves. The foot in men is called a)ndra/podon [literally "man-foot"], on the principle of the part being subordinate to the whole; for the slave is subordinate to the master, just as…
- α2156Ἀνδραποδώδειςslavish[Meaning those] appropriate to a slave, indicative of a slavish mind. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)ndrapodw/dhs qri/c ["slavish hair"], [a saying] in reference to the foolish. Plato says: "having the slavish hair…
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- added note — David Whitehead
- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Modified translation, added keywords — William Hutton
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict