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Ἄπεστιν · is away (α 3069) · 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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α3065lacked interest in
α3066was far from
α3067they were palisading off
α3068removed
α3069is away
α3070they recited
α3071absence
α3072let him go away
α3073drove away by force

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Ἄπεστιν

is away

Translated by Jennifer Benedict28 Jan 2001Vetting: high14 revisions

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3 notes · 45 words

Translation

Meaning [he/she/it] is removed. Aristophanes [writes]: "he is away in Thrace guarding Eucrates."¹ This man was a general of the Athenians, [also] called Stygax,² a bribe-taker and a traitor who was killed by the Thirty.³ Some [say] by drinking hemlock.
But [it was] wolf's bane.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄπεστιν· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀφέστηκεν· Ἀριστοφάνης· ἄπεστιν ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης φυλάττων Εὐκράτη. οὗτος ἦν στρατηγὸς Ἀθηναίων, ὁ καλούμενος Στύγαξ, δωροδόκος καὶ προδότης, ὃς ἀπώλετο ὑπὸ τῶν λʹ. οἱ δὲ ὡς πιὼν κώνειον. ἀκόνιτον δέ.

Betacode

*)/apestin: a)nti\ tou= a)fe/sthken: *)aristofa/nhs: a)/pestin e)pi\ *qra/|khs fula/ttwn *eu)kra/th. ou(=tos h)=n strathgo\s *)aqhnai/wn, o( kalou/menos *stu/gac, dwrodo/kos kai\ prodo/ths, o(\s a)pw/leto u(po\ tw=n l#. oi( de\ w(s piw\n kw/neion. a)ko/niton de/.

Notes (3)

[1] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 103 (web address 1), with scholion.
2So again at sigma 1248 -- but more probably Styppax (Hempy, implying hemp-seller): see sigma 1257. Henderson (below) 79-80 reckons that the Aristophanic scholia -- on which the present entry depends -- have conflated more than one man called Eukrates; be that as it may, the principal one was a younger brother of Nikias; see generally on him J.K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families 600-300 BC (Oxford 1971) 404. ↩
3The Thirty Tyrants were Athenian oligarchs granted power by Lysander (cf. lambda 852) after Athens' defeat in the Peloponnesian War (404 BCE); cf. kappa 2448, delta 234, and OCD(4) s.v p. 1469. ↩
4Also wolfsbane, monkshood, mousebane, etc. An attractive, flowering group of plants with yellow, blue, or purple blooms -- native to the northern hemisphere, and Europe in particular -- but comprising species that belong to the generally lethally poisonous genus Aconitum. The wolfsbane mentioned here is probably Aconitum vulparia (wolfsbane) or A.lycotonum (northern wolfsbane) (Polunin, no. 208, p. 98; cf. Tutin, pp. 211-212).

References

Aristophanes, Lysistrata, edited with introduction and commentary by Jeffrey Henderson (Oxford 1987)
O. Polunin, Flowers of Europe (London 1969)
T.G. Tutin, et al., eds., Flora Europaea, vol. 1, (Cambridge 1964)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

δ1471Δωροδόκοςbribe-receiver[Meaning one who is] accepting bribes.

Neighbouring entries

α3067Ἀπεσταύρουνthey were palisading off α3068Ἀπέστησενremoved α3069Ἄπεστινis away α3070Ἀπεστομάτισανthey recited α3071Ἀπεστώabsence

Revision history14 revisions · last 19 Apr 2022

19 Apr 2022coding — Catharine Roth
16 Jul 2018expanded n.4, added bibliographical entry — Ronald Allen
13 Jul 2018note cosmetic — David Whitehead
12 Jul 2018added notes, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
6 Aug 2015 — David Whitehead
28 Mar 2012tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
4 Nov 2011updated link — Catharine Roth
11 Oct 2004cosmetics — Catharine Roth
11 Oct 2004added italics — Catharine Roth
11 Oct 2004another x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
19 Aug 2002 — David Whitehead
15 Mar 2001augmented notes; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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28 Jan 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄπεστιν (Adler number alpha 3069), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 28 Jan 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3069

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