Ἀτυφία
lack of delusion, modesty
Translated by Jennifer Benedict28 Mar 2002Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Means] humility. And [the related adjective] a)/tufon in [Plato's] Phaedrus [means] unharmful;1 since delusion [tu=fon ] harms. And e)pitequmme/non ["inflamed"] likewise; for the [verb] qu/yai ["to inflame"] [means] to kindle. Also [sc. attested are] quma/lwpes , the charcoals left by burning, the half-burned ones.2 Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)tu/fou moi/ras ["of undeluded fate"], [meaning] of that unharmed by arrogance.3
They say the wise man isa)/tufos . For his attitude to good repute and ill-repute is the same. And there is someone else [they call] a)/tufos : he who is classified as commonplace, that is base.4
"But they, dressed for peace [and] conducting the ritual without bodyguards, came most modestly." Aelian says [this].5
They say the wise man is
"But they, dressed for peace [and] conducting the ritual without bodyguards, came most modestly." Aelian says [this].5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀτυφία· ταπεινοφροσύνη. καὶ Ἄτυφον ἐν Φαίδρῳ τὸ ἀβλαβές· ἐπεὶ τὸ τῦφον βλάπτει. καὶ ἐπιτεθυμμένον ὁμοίως· τὸ γὰρ θύψαι, ἐπικαῦσαι. καὶ θυμάλωπες, οἱ ἀπολελειμμένοι τῆς θύψεως ἄνθρακες, οἱ ἡμίκαυτοι. καὶ Ἀτύφου μοίρας, τῆς ἀβλαβοῦς ὑπὸ τύφου. ἄτυφόν φασιν εἶναι τὸν σοφόν. ἴσως γὰρ ἔχειν πρός τε τὸ ἔνδοξον καὶ ἄδοξον. εἶναι δὲ καὶ ἄλλον ἄτυφον, κατὰ τὸν εἰκαῖον τεταγμένον, ὅ ἐστι φαῦλον. οἱ δὲ εἰρηναίως ἐσταλμένοι ἄνευ δορυφόρων ἄγοντες τὴν ἱερουργίαν ἧκον ἀτυφότατα ἐκεῖνοι. Αἰλιανός φησι.
Betacode
*)atufi/a: tapeinofrosu/nh. kai\ *)/atufon e)n *fai/drw| to\ a)blabe/s: e)pei\ to\ tu=fon bla/ptei. kai\ e)pitequmme/non o(moi/ws: to\ ga\r qu/yai, e)pikau=sai. kai\ quma/lwpes, oi( a)poleleimme/noi th=s qu/yews a)/nqrakes, oi( h(mi/kautoi. kai\ *)atu/fou moi/ras, th=s a)blabou=s u(po\ tu/fou. a)/tufo/n fasin ei)=nai to\n sofo/n. i)/sws ga\r e)/xein pro/s te to\ e)/ndocon kai\ a)/docon. ei)=nai de\ kai\ a)/llon a)/tufon, kata\ to\n ei)kai=on tetagme/non, o(/ e)sti fau=lon. oi( de\ ei)rhnai/ws e)stalme/noi a)/neu dorufo/rwn a)/gontes th\n i(erourgi/an h(=kon a)tufo/tata e)kei=noi. *ai)liano/s fhsi.
Notes (4)
- [1] Plato, Phaedrus 230A (web address 1 below). See further, n.3.↩
- 2Phrynichus, Praeparatio Sophistica fr. 277; cf. theta 547, theta 624. ↩
- 3Likewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, commenting on this phrase in Plato's Phaedrus (see above). ↩
- 4Stoic doctrine from Diogenes Laertius 7.117. ↩
- 5Aelian fr. 140a Domingo-Forasté (137 Hercher); cf. epsiloniota 192.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history7 revisions · last 18 Dec 2015
- coding — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- updated reference in note 5, upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- another note; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- replaced missing footnote no. and augmented n. 2 — William Hutton
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict