Ἀθλητάς
athletes
Translated by Jennifer Benedict18 Dec 1999Vetting: high12 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] competitors, men in training.1
Aelian [uses the word].2 "Consequently he not only prepared them to have these things, but he also created athletes in other [kinds of] injustice and filthiness. For what shameful or terrible thing was not present? And what good and wholesome thing was not absent?"3
Aelian [uses the word].2 "Consequently he not only prepared them to have these things, but he also created athletes in other [kinds of] injustice and filthiness. For what shameful or terrible thing was not present? And what good and wholesome thing was not absent?"3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀθλητάς· ἀγωνιστὰς, ἀσκητάς. Αἰλιανός· τοιγαροῦν οὐ μόνον ταῦτ' ἔχειν αὐτοὺς παρεσκεύαζεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ἄλλης ἀδικίας καὶ βδελυρίας ἀθλητὰς παρεσκεύαζεν. τί γὰρ τῶν αἰσχρῶν καὶ δεινῶν αὐτοῖς οὐ προσῆν; ἢ τί τῶν καλῶν καὶ σπουδαίων οὐκ ἀπῆν;
Betacode
*)aqlhta/s: a)gwnista\s, a)skhta/s. *ai)liano/s: toigarou=n ou) mo/non tau=t' e)/xein au)tou\s pareskeu/azen, a)lla\ kai\ th=s a)/llhs a)diki/as kai\ bdeluri/as a)qlhta\s pareskeu/azen. ti/ ga\r tw=n ai)sxrw=n kai\ deinw=n au)toi=s ou) prosh=n; h)\ ti/ tw=n kalw=n kai\ spoudai/wn ou)k a)ph=n;
Notes (3)
- 1cf. generally alpha 741, alpha 4170. The present headword (+ gloss) is accusative plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given -- on which see next two notes. ↩
- 2Perhaps in De natura animalium 4.1. Not, at any rate, in the quotation which now follows: see next note. ↩
- 3Polybius 8.9.8-9, himself quoting Theopompus (FGrH 115 F225; cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 6.260E = 6.77 Kaibel), on the hetairoi of Philip II of Macedon. ↩
References
C. de Boor, "Suidas und die Konstantinsche Exzerptsammlung I." Byzantinische Zeitschrift 21 (1912) 418
Linked from2 entries
- α741Ἀθλητήςathlete, championThe man trained thoroughly in [sc. winning] prizes. "The Romans dispatched a man [who was] a champion of wars like Hannibal".
- α4170Ἄσκησινpractice, training[Meaning] exercize; also as we [use it], the ancient [writers] and especially Plato say [this to mean] fearing and anticipating the future. Also they say a)skhta/s ["ones in training"] and a)qlhta/s ["contestants"].
Neighbouring entries
Revision history12 revisions · last 14 Jan 2015
- typo — David Whitehead
- expanded a ref — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- punctuation — David Whitehead
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2; tweaks — David Whitehead
- tweaks, bibliography, keyword — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified headword and translation; added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict