Βάττου σίλφιον
Battos' silphium, Battus' silphium
Translated by Craig Gibson20 Jun 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "you would not even give me Battos' silphium".1 [This refers to] the [plant] in Libya, which cures many ailments; it is sweet-smelling and very expensive. For Battos founded Cyrene.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βάττου σίλφιον· Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· οὐδ' ἂν δοίης γέ μοι καὶ τὸ Βάττου σίλφιον. τὸ ἐν τῇ Λιβύῃ, ὃ θεραπεύει πολλά· ἡδύοσμόν ἐστι καὶ πολύτιμον. Βάττος γὰρ τὴν Κυρήνην κτίζει.
Betacode
*ba/ttou si/lfion: *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: ou)d' a)\n doi/hs ge/ moi kai\ to\ *ba/ttou si/lfion. to\ e)n th=| *libu/h|, o(\ qerapeu/ei polla/: h(du/osmo/n e)sti kai\ polu/timon. *ba/ttos ga\r th\n *kurh/nhn kti/zei.
Notes (2)
- See also beta 186. On Battos, see beta 185; on silphium, see sigma 422 and sigma 423.
- 1Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 925 (web address 1). ↩
- 2From scholia on Aristophanes, Birds 533, and Wealth [Plutus] 925. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
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