Ἀρβέλαι

Arbelai, Arbele

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jul 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 29 words
Arbele [is] a small Sicilian city.1 Those who live there seemed to be easily deceived. And [hence] a proverb: "What will you not become when you go to Arbelai?"2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀρβέλαι· πόλισμα Σικελικὸν ἡ Ἀρβέλη. οἱ δὲ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐκεῖσε ἐδόκουν εὐεξαπάτητοι εἶναι. καὶ παροιμία· τὶ οὐ γενήσῃ ἰὼν ἐς Ἀρβέλας;

Betacode
*)arbe/lai: po/lisma *sikeliko\n h( *)arbe/lh. oi( de\ e)noikou=ntes e)kei=se e)do/koun eu)ecapa/thtoi ei)=nai. kai\ paroimi/a: ti\ ou) genh/sh| i)w\n e)s *)arbe/las;

Notes (2)

  1. Adler's 'Arbalai', rather than Arbelai, as the headword is a slip, corrected in her addenda and corrigenda.
  2. 1Confirmed by Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., citing the Sicilian historian Philistus (FGrH 556 F29). ↩
  3. 2Cf. tau 646 and tau 674. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Jan 2014
  1. tweaked headword and primary note — David Whitehead
  2. more keywords — David Whitehead
  3. added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. modified headword; added notes and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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