Βούλει διαμάχεσθαι Γηρυόνι τετραπτίλῳ

do you want to do battle with a four-winged Geryon?

Translated by David Whitehead9 Aug 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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That is, with a three-headed [one]. For he had three crests on his helmet and gave Herakles a hell of a struggle.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βούλει διαμάχεσθαι Γηρυόνι τετραπτίλῳ· τουτέστι τρικεφάλῳ. τρεῖς γὰρ λόφους εἶχεν ἐν τῇ περικεφαλαίᾳ καὶ πολὺν ἀγῶνα παρέσχε τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ.

Betacode

*bou/lei diama/xesqai *ghruo/ni tetrapti/lw|: toute/sti trikefa/lw|. trei=s ga\r lo/fous ei)=xen e)n th=| perikefalai/a| kai\ polu\n a)gw=na pare/sxe tw=| *(hraklei=.

Notes

The headword phrase quotes Aristophanes, Acharnians 1082 (web address 1), and the gloss comes from the scholia thereto; cf. gamma 254 with the notes there. The present version ineptly conflates what it needed to say about Lamachos (lambda 81) -- the helmet -- and about Geryon.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

γ254ΓηρυόνηςGeryones, GeryonA proper name. Aristophanes [writes]: "do you want to do battle with a four-winged Geryon?". Meaning four-headed. A riddle referring to the helmet of Lamachos, which has three crests; from the feathers on it. What he is…

Neighbouring entries

β430Βουλευτικόςfor the council, of the council, for the boule, of the boule β431Βουλείαcouncil-ship β432Βούλει διαμάχεσθαι Γηρυόνι τετραπτίλῳdo you want to do battle with a four-winged Geryon?β433Βουλήcouncil, senate β434Βουλὴ ἁγίωνcouncil of holy men

Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Jul 2012

2 Jul 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
1 Jun 2012Revised — David Whitehead
7 Jul 2003added link, set status — William Hutton
2 Sep 2002augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
9 Aug 2001Translated — David Whitehead