Αἰξωνεύεσθαι

to be an Aixonian, to play the Aixonian

Translated by David Whitehead27 Sep 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

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The [verb that means] to make slanderous accusations.¹ A metaphor from the deme of the Aixoneis;² for they are ridiculed in comedy [as] slanderers.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἰξωνεύεσθαι· τὸ κατηγορεῖν βλασφημοῦντα. μετῆκται δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ δήμου τῶν Αἰξωνέων· βλάσφημοι γὰρ κωμῳδοῦνται.