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Ἁρμόδιοι · fitting (α 3975) · Suda

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Ἁρμόδιοι

fitting

Translated by Catharine Roth25 Aug 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

biography
daily life
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
geography
historiography
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3 notes · 35 words

Translation

[Meaning those who/which are] acceptable.¹
And [there is] a saying: "Harmodios' song", in reference to difficult things. For the songs about Harmodios are like this.²
Harmodios and Aristogeiton attacked the tyrants, and Athenians killed Hippias.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁρμόδιοι· ἀρεστοί. καὶ παροιμία· Ἁρμοδίου μέλος, ἐπὶ τῶν δυσκόλων. τὰ γὰρ εἰς Ἁρμόδιον μέλη τοιαῦτά ἐστιν. Ἁρμόδιος καὶ Ἀριστογείτων ἐπέθεντο τοῖς τυράννοις, καὶ τὸν Ἱππίαν ἀπέκτειναν Ἀθηναῖοι.

Betacode

*(armo/dioi: a)restoi/. kai\ paroimi/a: *(armodi/ou me/los, e)pi\ tw=n dusko/lwn. ta\ ga\r ei)s *(armo/dion me/lh toiau=ta/ e)stin. *(armo/dios kai\ *)aristogei/twn e)pe/qento toi=s tura/nnois, kai\ to\n *(ippi/an a)pe/kteinan *)aqhnai=oi.

Notes (3)

The headword is masculine nominative plural of this adjective, presumably quoted from somewhere. (Hesychius glosses it in different words but along the same substantive lines.)
1This gloss treats the word in its metaphorical sense; it also meant literally things that fitted; cf. alpha 3976, and see LSJ s.v. (web address 1). ↩
2(cf. epsilon 1384.) At alpha 493 we have been told that the songs are easy. For the discussion whether skolia were difficult or not, see LSJ s.v. sko/lion (web address 2). ↩
3See Thucydides 1.20.2 (web address 3).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

α493Ἀδμήτου μέλος καὶ ἉρμοδίουAdmetos' song and Harmodios'[A proverbial phrase] in reference to things which are easy and simple: for drinking-songs were said to be of this kind.
α3912ἈριστογείτωνAristogiton, AristogeitonSon of Cydimachus or Lysimachus, of Athens. Rhetor. His mother was a freedwoman. He was nicknamed 'Dog' because of his shamelessness. He was put to death by the Athenians. His speeches were: Defence in reply to…

Neighbouring entries

α3973Ἁρμογήarrangement α3974Ἁρμογήarrangement α3975Ἁρμόδιοιfitting α3976Ἁρμοζόμενοςfitting α3977Ἁρμονίανharmony

Revision history9 revisions · last 24 Jan 2014

24 Jan 2014another x-ref — David Whitehead
13 Apr 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
12 Apr 2012augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2002added keywords — David Whitehead
21 Aug 2002simplified links — Catharine Roth
18 Mar 2001Added link. — Catharine Roth
18 Mar 2001added note — David Whitehead
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25 Aug 2000Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἁρμόδιοι (Adler number alpha 3975), trans. Catharine Roth, 25 Aug 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3975

Translation by Catharine Roth 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 ↗