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Ἄνευ ξύλου μὴ βαδίζων · not walking without a stick (α 2345) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α2341was being fired up
α2342to raise the cry Euoi!
α2343inconvenient
α2344unaccountable
α2345not walking without a stick
α2346they found
α2347I receive you with auspicious cries
α2348shrieked
α2349unaffected

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Ἄνευ ξύλου μὴ βαδίζων

not walking without a stick

Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Nov 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

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1 note · 48 words

Translation

He is saying [this]¹ about Kleomenes; as an Athenian general, besides the other bad things he did he feigned madness, knowing that he was hated by the citizens. Therefore he carried a staff when he went around, by means of which he warded off those who accosted him.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄνευ ξύλου μὴ βαδίζων· περὶ Κλεομένους λέγει· ὃς στρατηγὸς ὢν Ἀθηναῖος προσεποιεῖτο πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις κακοῖς καὶ μανίαν, εἰδὼς ὅτι μισεῖται παρὰ τῶν πολιτῶν. διὸ καὶ βακτηρίαν ἔχων περιῄει, δι' ἧς ἠμύνετο τοὺς ἐπερχομένους αὐτῷ.

Betacode

*)/aneu cu/lou mh\ badi/zwn: peri\ *kleome/nous le/gei: o(\s strathgo\s w)\n *)aqhnai=os prosepoiei=to pro\s toi=s a)/llois kakoi=s kai\ mani/an, ei)dw\s o(/ti misei=tai para\ tw=n politw=n. dio\ kai\ bakthri/an e)/xwn perih/|ei, di' h(=s h)mu/neto tou\s e)perxome/nous au)tw=|.

Notes (1)

[1] An abridgement of Aristophanes, Frogs 715-17 (web address 1 below: the full version is "so that he may not on some occasion be stripped, when drunk, walking without a stick"), with scholion.
2Something has gone wrong here. At kappa 1723 it is suggested that the "Kleomenes" in question was in the service of King Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt (second half of C3 BCE); and no Athenian general of that name is attested. But in any case this whole Frogs song (706-17) declares itself to be about a bath-attendant called Kleigenes.

References

Aristophanes Frogs, edited with an introduction and commentary by K.J. Dover (Oxford 1993) 280-1

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

α2343Ἀνευθέτουinconvenient α2344Ἀνεύθυνοςunaccountable α2345Ἄνευ ξύλου μὴ βαδίζωνnot walking without a stick α2346Ἀνεῦρονthey found α2347Ἀνευφημῶ σεI receive you with auspicious cries

Revision history7 revisions · last 15 Jul 2015

15 Jul 2015 — David Whitehead
15 Dec 2013tweaked note, upgraded link — Catharine Roth
7 Mar 2012more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Aug 2002added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
3 Nov 2000modified headword and translation; augmented notes; added bibliography — David Whitehead
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2 Nov 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄνευ ξύλου μὴ βαδίζων (Adler number alpha 2345), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 2 Nov 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/2345

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗