Βουταλίων
Boutalion
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Jun 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Boutalion] and Koroibos and Melitides were calumniated for stupidity. Aristophanes [writes]: "before this the stupidest men used to sit gaping -- dolts, half-wits."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βουταλίων καὶ Κόροιβος καὶ Μελιτίδης ἐπὶ μωρίᾳ διεβέβληντο. Ἀριστοφάνης· τέως δ' ἀβελτερώτατοι κεχηνότες Μαμμάκυθοι, Μελιτίδαι κάθηνται.
Betacode
*boutali/wn kai\ *ko/roibos kai\ *meliti/dhs e)pi\ mwri/a| diebe/blhnto. *)aristofa/nhs: te/ws d' a)belterw/tatoi kexhno/tes *mamma/kuqoi, *meliti/dai ka/qhntai.